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SPOT FORECAST for Douglas county...Douglas county
National Weather Service Topeka KS
306 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on March 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Westerly winds will continue at 5 to 15 MPH through sunset with minimum RHs around 20 percent.
RHs will rise after sunset.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........62 at forecast start...Max 64.
RH..................27 percent at forecast start...Min 27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds west at 5 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise West winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 4400
                    ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /48800 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Max...good /52000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0
Temp............62  63  64
RH..............27  28  27
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   5
20 FT wind gust.11  12  9
Mix hgt (kft)...4.1 4.3 4.4
SDspl kt-ft/100049  52  48

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 37.
RH..................Max 69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  60  56  51  48  46  45  44  43  41  40  39
RH..............27  33  38  46  51  53  55  58  60  65  67  68
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..4   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
SDspl kt-ft/100012  4   4   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   5   5

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 6 to 15 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (87700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  37  39  42  50  57  64  70  73  75  77  75
RH..............68  69  68  65  51  43  36  28  25  23  20  22
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   4   6   6   8   11  12  13  15  15
20 FT wind gust.5   6   7   8   11  12  14  16  20  22  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.2 3.2 3.5 4.0 3.2
SDspl kt-ft/10004   4   4   3   4   7   17  38  67  74  88  67

$$
Forecaster...Gargan
Requested by...Dennis Snodgrass
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2505461.0/TOP
.DELDT 03/09/25
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.EMAIL dsnodgrass@cfd1.org