Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
606
FNUS73 KICT 171349
FWSICT
SPOT FORECAST for Pallet Fire...Sedgwick County EM and Fire
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
Issued by National Weather Service Topeka KS
849 AM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on April 17.
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.DISCUSSION...
Winds will be south around 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph at
ignition. Winds increase from the south around 15-18 mph with
gusts to 24 to 28 mph after 11 AM. The pressure gradient remains
tight this evening and tonight resulting in winds continuing from
the south through the night at 16-19 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
SKies will be mostly clear today and tonight. RH this afternoon
drops to around 22-24 percent.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 32 mph
increasing to 35 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 23 to 31 mph.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............69 72 75 80 84 87 89 91 91
RH..............69 64 58 49 42 36 30 25 23
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..14 15 16 16 15 17 17 17 17
20 FT wind gust.20 22 24 24 24 26 28 28 28
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.5 4.6 6.4 5.0
Mixing wind dir.S S S SW S S SW SW SW
Mixing wind spd.24 25 24 24 23 25 26 30 31
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 17 mph with gusts to around
29 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10 11 5 5 4 5 4 10 6 8 8 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............90 87 83 80 79 77 76 75 75 73 70 67
RH..............21 24 31 39 45 47 50 50 50 53 57 62
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15
20 FT wind gust.26 25 26 26 28 29 28 28 26 26 24 22
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
Mixing wind dir.M M M M M M M M M M M M
Mixing wind spd.M M M M M M M M M M M M
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 11 to 12 mph shifting to the
northwest 9 to 11 mph early in the morning.
Gusts up to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 36 77 74 72 71 69 68 69 71 73 74
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20
Temp............63 60 59 57 59 60 63 65 67 69 69 69
RH..............68 71 68 70 66 63 59 56 52 49 48 47
20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..12 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0
Mixing wind dir.M M M M M M M M M M M M
Mixing wind spd.M M M M M M M M M M M M
$$
Forecaster...TOP/53
Requested by...Cody Charvat
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2510875.0/ICT
.DELDT 04/17/25
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.EMAIL emdo@sedgwick.gov