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FNUS73 KICT 231554
FWSICT
SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE STEM...SAND HILLS VFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1054 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 23.
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
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON
WITH THESE CHANCES DIMINISHING INTO TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY INTO TONIGHT WITH SKIES
CLEARING INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY. LIGHT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHEASTERLY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 10 MPH ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........78 83 89 81 85 81 74
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............20 30 30 20 30 20 20
TEMP............70 70 70 71 72 72 72
RH..............69 70 71 71 68 67 64
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE E SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 7 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.1
MIXING WIND DIR.N NE NE E E E E
MIXING WIND SPD.7 6 6 7 8 6 8
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 8
MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........65 64 46 28 12 13 31 37 28 29 33 30
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........SCH
CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
TEMP............72 73 72 68 66 65 63 62 62 60 60 59
RH..............64 63 68 76 81 84 86 87 88 93 94 96
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIXING WIND DIR.E E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S
MIXING WIND SPD.10 9 7 7 7 9 7 7 8 7 7 8
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 61 53 50 34 24 20 8 4 5 14 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 59 61 63 68 70 72 73 74 75 76 76
RH..............100 97 97 93 83 79 74 70 69 66 64 62
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.7 4.4 4.7 4.3
MIXING WIND DIR.S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
MIXING WIND SPD.6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 12
FORECASTER...CHRISTO
REQUESTED BY...K HALLMARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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