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National Weather Service Topeka KS
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

KSZ039-170900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          79          55          79          64
Temp          81 79 66 59 54 51 62 72 77 77 65 60 57 56 66 74 76 74 69 67 66 65
Dewpt         40 41 42 42 41 41 43 45 45 46 48 49 50 51 54 57 61 64 65 65 65 64
RH            23 26 42 53 61 68 50 38 32 33 54 67 77 83 65 55 60 71 87 93 97 97
Wind dir       W  W NW NW  W  W NW NW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd      19 14 10  6  8  6 11  9  6  5  4  5  6  6 10 13 14 13 11 10 10 10
Wind gust        33 21                                     24 25 24 23 20 20 20
Clouds        CL SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.28        0.60
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  S
Tstms                                        S  C  S     S  S  C  L  C  C  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          84      57    71      47    62      45    71      50    77
Temp          79 78   65 59 69 63   51 48 58 61   50 46 66 69   55 52 72 75
Dewpt         68 66   63 56 55 50   45 43 43 42   44 42 46 47   48 48 53 53
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW     N       N     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      80    50      40    10      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  L  C  C    C  C                           S  S
Tstms             C    C  S  C  S    S

$$
KSZ040-170900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          78          56          79          64
Temp          81 79 66 59 54 51 62 71 77 77 66 61 58 57 66 74 77 74 69 68 67 66
Dewpt         42 41 43 42 41 42 44 46 46 46 47 48 50 51 53 57 61 63 64 64 65 64
RH            25 26 43 53 61 71 52 41 33 33 50 62 75 80 63 55 58 69 84 87 93 93
Wind dir       W  W NW NW  W  W NW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      19 14 10  6  8  6 12  9  6  4  4  5  6  6 10 11 13 12 10  9  9  9
Wind gust     29 33 23                                     21 24 23 20 19 19 20
Clouds        CL FW FW CL CL FW CL SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          50          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.29        0.80
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  S
Tstms                                        S  C  S     S  S  C  D  C  C  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          83      58    71      48    61      45    71      50    76
Temp          78 76   66 61 68 63   52 48 57 59   50 47 65 69   54 52 71 74
Dewpt         69 67   62 57 56 51   45 43 44 42   43 42 46 47   48 48 53 53
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW     N       N    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      90    50      40    10      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  L  C  C    C  C                           S  S
Tstms          S  C    L  S  C  S    S

$$
KSZ054-170900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      52          80          58          79          65
Temp          82 80 66 59 54 52 65 74 80 79 67 63 60 59 67 73 76 75 71 69 68 67
Dewpt         41 40 42 42 41 42 44 44 46 48 50 52 53 54 59 62 65 65 66 66 66 65
RH            23 24 42 53 61 69 46 34 30 34 54 67 78 83 75 68 69 71 84 90 93 93
Wind dir       W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 13 10  6  6  6 10  9  8  8  8  8 10 10 12 14 17 14 14 13 13 12
Wind gust        28                                           27 25 25 24 25 24
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          70          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.24        0.19
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  S  S  C  L  L  C  S  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          86      57    72      47    64      45    72      51    78
Temp          82 79   66 59 69 64   53 48 60 62   51 47 67 70   57 53 73 76
Dewpt         66 65   62 54 52 48   45 42 42 41   43 42 45 48   49 49 53 54
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW     N       N     W      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      70    40      20     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    S                              S  S
Tstms             C    C     S       S

$$
KSZ022-170900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      49          79          56          79          64
Temp          80 79 66 58 52 50 62 73 78 78 66 61 58 57 67 73 77 75 70 68 67 66
Dewpt         39 40 41 41 40 41 43 43 43 44 47 48 48 50 54 58 60 63 64 65 64 63
RH            23 25 40 53 63 71 50 34 29 30 50 62 69 77 63 59 56 66 81 90 90 90
Wind dir       W  W NW NW  W  W NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      20 14  9  5  4  4  9  8  8  8  6  6  9  9 12 14 16 13 13 11 10 10
Wind gust        32 21                               19 23 25 27 25 25 23 21 20
Clouds        CL B1 CL CL CL FW FW FW CL SC SC SC SC B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.19        0.22
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                        S  C  C     S  S  C  L  C  C  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          87      55    70      46    63      44    74      51    79
Temp          83 78   66 57 68 62   51 47 60 62   51 46 68 72   57 53 74 77
Dewpt         64 61   59 51 51 47   43 41 41 40   42 41 44 46   48 48 52 52
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW     N       N    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    40      30    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    C                              S  S
Tstms             C    C     S       S

$$
KSZ020-170900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      48          78          55          78          62
Temp          78 77 64 56 51 48 60 70 77 77 66 60 57 55 64 70 74 73 69 67 65 63
Dewpt         37 37 38 39 40 39 40 40 40 41 43 44 45 46 52 56 59 61 63 63 62 61
RH            23 24 38 53 66 71 47 33 26 28 43 55 64 72 65 61 59 66 81 87 90 93
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  W NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd      26 19 13  9  6  8 10  8  8  9  8  9 10 13 17 19 21 19 19 17 16 13
Wind gust     36 37 24                         19 21 24 27 29 33 31 31 27 26 24
Clouds        SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.18        0.19
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S        S  C  L  C  C  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          85      53    66      45    64      43    74      52    79
Temp          81 80   62 54 62 58   50 45 59 62   51 45 67 73   59 53 73 77
Dewpt         57 56   53 49 49 46   42 40 40 40   40 40 43 45   47 48 50 51
PWind dir         S      NW    NW       N     N       N     S      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      60    40      20     5       5     5      20    10
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    S  S                           S
Tstms             C    C

$$
KSZ059-170900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      52          79          58          78          64
Temp          81 79 66 60 55 53 65 73 77 78 67 63 60 59 67 73 76 75 70 68 68 67
Dewpt         42 42 43 43 42 42 44 46 47 49 51 53 55 54 58 62 65 65 66 65 66 65
RH            25 27 43 53 61 66 46 38 35 36 56 70 84 83 73 68 69 71 87 90 93 93
Wind dir       W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11  9  5  5  5  9  9  5  5  6  8 11  9 10 12 13 12 12 11 12 12
Wind gust        27                                                 23 21 23 23
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW CL SC SC FW B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.15        0.40        0.37
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C  S
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C  S  S  C  L  L  C  C  S


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          83      60    72      48    61      45    69      49    75
Temp          78 77   67 61 69 66   54 50 57 60   51 47 65 68   55 52 71 74
Dewpt         68 67   63 58 55 52   46 43 43 43   43 43 45 48   48 48 53 55
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW     N       N    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      80    50      30    10      10     5      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  L  C  C    C  S                           S  C
Tstms             C    L  S  C  S    S

$$
KSZ012-170900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
238 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

Date           05/16/25      Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      49          76          52          79          62
Temp          79 75 62 57 51 49 59 69 75 75 63 59 54 53 64 72 76 74 67 65 64 65
Dewpt         38 37 38 38 38 38 39 41 39 39 39 40 42 39 43 45 49 52 56 58 58 59
RH            23 25 41 49 61 66 47 36 27 27 41 49 64 59 46 38 39 46 68 78 81 81
Wind dir       W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE
Wind spd      24 20 14 12 12 10 14 11  9  5  4  5  6  8 11 14 16 16 13 12 12 12
Wind gust        39 34 23                                     26 26 25
Clouds        FW SC FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.70
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                                       S  C  L  C  C  C


Date           05/19  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          81      55    68      45    60      44    69      49    75
Temp          75 74   64 57 65 59   50 46 56 59   49 46 65 68   54 52 70 73
Dewpt         62 59   56 51 50 44   40 38 38 37   38 37 40 41   42 43 47 47
PWind dir        SE       E    NW       N     N      NW     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      80    60      40    20      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    D  L  C  L    C  C  S                        S  S
Tstms             C    C  S  C  S    S

$$