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FNUS73 KDDC 201717
FWSDDC
SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARK COUNTY FIRES...KDEM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1217 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT US VIA NWS CHAT, 800MHZ RADIO OR PHONE IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST,
DISCUSSION
EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON
ARE EXPECTED TO TURN MORE EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING AND
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS
EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. APPRECIABLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 16 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........41 38 26 69 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 65 67 68 68
RH..............45 41 39 41 42
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 16 15 16
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 18 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........79 94 93 92 91 89 88 87 89 91 93 95
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC
CWR.............0 10 10 10 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 50
TEMP............67 66 65 61 59 57 56 55 54 53 52 51
RH..............45 48 52 62 68 76 81 87 94 98 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 3.7 3.0 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 17 18 16 16 16 17 15 13 13
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
6 MPH.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SUNDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND
50. HIGHS AROUND 80. LIGHT WINDS.
FORECASTER...J JOHNSON
REQUESTED BY...GREGG BOLLELLA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613936.0/DDC
.DELDT 05/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TARMSTRONG@POTTCOUNTY.ORG, GREGG.BOLLELLA@KS.GOV,BRETT.ALBRIGHT@NOAA.GOV
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