966  
FNUS73 KICT 221758  
FWSICT  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PILSEN FIRE...MARION COUNTY EM  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
1158 AM CST THU JAN 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 CST ON JANUARY 22.  
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  
 
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON  
BEFORE GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE EAST AND THEN NORTHEAST BY  
SUNSET. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 10-14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH  
LATER THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE  
MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY, WITH A RETURN OF GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH BY  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.  
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST  
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 8  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 4 4 10 29 40  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............39 42 44 45 44 43  
RH..............29 26 25 25 26 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.9 0.6  
MIXING WIND DIR.S S S S SE E  
MIXING WIND SPD.10 12 10 9 9 8  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 7 ABOVE.  
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........EAST 9 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST AROUND  
31 MPH.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........45 52 49 51 59 62 70 68 71 77 71 69  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 33 31 30 28 25 23 20 18 16 14 11  
RH..............36 43 45 48 51 54 58 61 64 63 62 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 15  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 13 14 17 18 18 18 19 20 21 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.5  
MIXING WIND DIR.E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
MIXING WIND SPD.9 12 13 16 21 24 25 26 28 29 30 31  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 10 ABOVE.  
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 22 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 20 TO 29 MPH.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........81 94 91 87 86 88 94 94 94 95 97 96  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN SN  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............10 8 7 6 5 5 8 9 8 8 7 6  
RH..............58 54 50 50 48 46 40 37 36 37 39 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 14 14 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.21 22 21 21 22 20 19 20 20 20 19 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1  
MIXING WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E  
MIXING WIND SPD.28 29 29 28 26 25 23 22 21 21 21 20  
 
 
FORECASTER...KAUFMAN  
REQUESTED BY...DAN SCHAEFER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2600902.0/ICT  
.DELDT 01/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DSCHAEFER@MARIONCOKS.NET  
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