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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
350 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

KSZ058-052115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
350 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      83          61          89          67          82
TEMP          63 61 75 79 82 81 71 66 63 63 78 85 89 85 75 72 70 69 75 78 78 77
DEWPT         61 60 62 59 60 61 62 60 59 59 63 62 62 64 64 63 62 63 66 69 70 70
MIN/MAX RH                   45          90          41          82          72
RH            93 97 64 50 47 51 73 81 87 87 60 46 41 50 69 73 76 81 74 74 76 79
WIND DIR      NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       4  5  9 11 10  6  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  5  5  4  4  5  8  8  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
CLOUDS (%)     4  7 18 24 20 11  4  5  5  3  4  3  9 13 27 36 48 50 61 58 70 69
POP 12HR                     10           0           0          20          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.07        0.73
RAIN SHWRS                                                 IS IS SC SC NM NM NM
TSTMS                                                      IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES         4  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  6  5  5  5  5
MIX HGT      <10<10 22 47 47 14<10<10<10<10 17 57 73<10<10<10<10<10 15 20 14<10
T WIND DIR    NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  W  W  W  W SW SW  S  S  S SW SE  S SW SE  N
T WIND SPD     8 10 17 21 21 11  6  8  8  6 10 11 11 13 13 18 10 13 19 13 11 16
SMOKE DISP    PR PR GD EX EX FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       64      81      62      87      65      88      66      88
TEMP          68 66 76 80 67 64 82 84 69 67 83 84 71 67 83 85
DEWPT         67 66 68 67 66 64 65 66 65 65 67 69 67 67 70 69
RH            97100 76 65 97100 56 55 87 93 59 61 87100 65 59
PWIND DIR           W       N       N      NW      SE       S      SE       E
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           80      30      10       5       5      10      20      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM  O SC                            IS IS    IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC                            IS IS    IS

$$

KSZ024-052115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
350 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      82          61          87          66          79
TEMP          63 61 73 78 81 80 71 65 62 62 75 84 87 84 74 71 67 67 72 76 77 76
DEWPT         57 57 60 60 60 61 60 60 58 58 62 62 62 64 64 63 62 62 65 67 68 67
MIN/MAX RH                   49          90          44          86          73
RH            81 87 64 54 49 52 68 84 87 87 64 48 43 51 71 76 84 84 79 74 74 74
WIND DIR      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S
WIND SPD       5  6 11 12 11  8  3  3  3  3  4  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  5
WIND GUST           21    21
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
CLOUDS (%)     2  2  2  8 21 20  2  3  5  4  7  8 19 39 42 59 61 67 72 67 78 77
POP 12HR                      5           0          10          40          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01        0.16        0.60
RAIN SHWRS                                           IS IS SC SC NM NM NM NM NM
TSTMS                                                IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES         4  4  4  3  3  4  4  5  4  4  5  5  5
MIX HGT      <10<10 21 47 62 19<10<10<10<10 13 49 62 11<10<10<10<10 18 21 19 15
T WIND DIR    NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  S  S  N  E  S
T WIND SPD    11 12 19 24 21 13  8  5  5  5  8 11 11 14 16 14  9  6 10 10 13 10
SMOKE DISP    PR PR GD EX EX FR PR PR PR PR PR GD EX FR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       63      81      62      85      65      87      66      87
TEMP          67 65 77 79 66 63 82 84 69 66 83 83 70 67 83 84
DEWPT         66 64 66 65 63 62 64 64 63 63 66 67 66 64 68 66
RH            97 97 69 62 90 97 55 51 81 90 57 59 87 90 61 55
PWIND DIR          SW       N      NW      NW       S      SW       E      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           70      20       5       0       5      10      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM IS                               IS
TSTMS         SC SC IS                               IS

$$

KSZ012-052115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
350 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      80          60          86          64          78
TEMP          63 62 72 76 79 78 69 64 62 62 75 82 85 82 73 70 66 66 71 75 76 75
DEWPT         58 57 60 60 60 62 61 59 58 58 63 63 64 65 64 62 62 62 66 67 69 69
MIN/MAX RH                   52          89          49          88          77
RH            84 84 66 58 52 58 76 84 87 87 66 53 50 56 73 76 87 87 84 76 79 82
WIND DIR       W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       5  5 10 11 11  6  3  2  2  2  3  5  6  4  4  4  3  3  4  5  5  3
WIND GUST           20 23 21
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
CLOUDS (%)     2  1  2 12 24 22  3  2  5 10  8 12 28 39 55 67 67 66 71 67 73 79
POP 12HR                     10           0          10          50          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.16        0.46
RAIN SHWRS                                           IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM NM
TSTMS                                                IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2
HAINES         4  4  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  5
MIX HGT      <10<10 24 48 60 13<10<10<10<10 18 53 57<10<10<10<10<10 15 22 22 21
T WIND DIR    NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SW SW NW  S SE SE  S
T WIND SPD    12 13 21 24 21 12  6  6  5  5  9 11 12 12 13 14  8  5 11 10 12 10
SMOKE DISP    PR PR GD EX EX FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       62      80      61      83      63      85      64      85
TEMP          67 65 75 77 65 63 79 81 68 65 81 82 68 66 81 82
DEWPT         65 64 67 67 63 62 65 66 63 63 67 69 65 64 68 69
RH            93 97 76 71 93 97 62 60 84 93 63 65 90 93 65 65
PWIND DIR           W       N      NW      NW       S      SW       E      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           70      20       5       5       5      10      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM IS                               IS
TSTMS         SC SC IS                               IS

$$

KSZ012-052115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
350 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      80          60          86          64          79
TEMP          64 62 71 76 79 79 69 64 62 62 75 82 85 84 73 69 66 66 72 76 77 76
DEWPT         57 56 58 59 59 61 60 59 58 57 62 61 62 64 64 61 61 62 64 64 66 66
MIN/MAX RH                   49          90          46          86          66
RH            78 81 63 56 50 54 73 84 87 84 64 49 46 51 73 76 84 87 76 66 69 71
WIND DIR       W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       6  8 12 13 12  8  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  5  6  5  4
WIND GUST           23
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL CL CL FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
CLOUDS (%)     2  1  1 16 38 10  6  4  6  6  8 13 30 32 66 74 77 61 67 62 65 75
POP 12HR                     10           0          10          50          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.21        0.33
RAIN SHWRS                                           SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM
TSTMS                                                SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2
HAINES         4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  5  4
MIX HGT      <10<10 27 48 58 20<10<10<10<10 18 51 59 10<10<10<10<10<10 27 32 17
T WIND DIR     W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD    12 13 21 24 21 13  6  8  5  5  8 10 11 12 11 16  9  8  9 11 13 10
SMOKE DISP    PR PR GD EX EX FR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       63      80      62      84      63      85      64      85
TEMP          67 65 76 78 66 63 80 81 68 66 81 82 69 66 81 82
DEWPT         64 63 65 65 62 60 64 65 62 62 66 67 64 63 67 67
RH            90 93 69 64 87 90 58 58 81 87 60 61 84 90 63 61
PWIND DIR           W      NW      NW      NW       S      SW      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           60      20       5       5       5      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM IS IS                      IS
TSTMS         SC SC IS IS                      IS

$$


Below is a weather element key for this product:

DAY 1 THROUGH 3...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
MIN/MAX RH or MAX/MIN RH(%).........MAXIMUM/MINIMUM HUMDITY
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)...........WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
CLOUDS(CAT).........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: CL = CLEAR; FW = FEW; SC = SCATTERED; BK = BROKEN; OV = OVERCAST
CLOUDS(%)...........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     TYPE...
       RAIN...........RAIN
       RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS
       TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS
       DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE
       SNOW...........SNOW
       SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS
       SLEET..........SLEET
       FRZG RAIN......FREEZING RAIN
       FRZG DRZL......FREEZING DRIZZLE
       K..............SMOKE
       F..............FOG
     COVERAGE...
       IS.............ISOLATED
       SC.............SCATTERED
       NM.............NUMEROUS
       O..............OCCASIONAL
       S..............SLIGHT CHANCE
       C..............CHANCE
       L..............LIKELY
       WD.............WIDESPREAD
       D..............DEFINITE
       AR.............AREAS
       PA.............PATCHY
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(HUNDREDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 35 = 3500 FEET; <10 = LESS THAN 1000 FOOT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
SMOKE DISP(CAT(KT-FT))...................SMOKE DISPERSION CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: PR = POOR; FR = FAIR; GD = GOOD; EX = EXCELLENT
DAY 4 THROUGH 7...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
     EXAMPLE: <15 = LESS THAN 15 MPH; 15> = 15 MPH OR GREATER
AVE CLOUDS(CAT).....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS