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SPOT FORECAST FOR EVENT AT STATE CAPITOL...SHAWNEE COUNTY SHERIFF/YWCA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
200 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 CDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN
KS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THESE
WILL LIKELY IMPACT TOPEKA DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH PERHAPS
SOME BREAKS IN THE RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AS COVERAGE
BECOMES MORE SCATTERED. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK LOW AS THERE
SHOULD ONLY BE A FEW ISOLATED STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SHOWERS,
BUT CANNOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT SOME LIGHTNING BEING A CONCERN DURING
THE EVENT IF A STORM MOVES THROUGH TOPEKA. TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST ON THE COOL SIDE DUE TO THE RAIN AND PERSISTENT CLOUD
COVER, KEEPING HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS SHOULD STAY STEADY FROM
THE SOUTHEAST AT 5-15MPH.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT FORECAST START...MAX 55.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 69 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /17900 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MAX...FAIR /26300 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 60 60 60 50 50
TEMP............51 53 54 54 54 54 54 55
RH..............100 96 93 96 93 93 96 90
SURFACE WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
SURFACE WND SPD.9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
SURFACE WND GST.18 18 18 20 20 20 20 18
SDSPL KT-FT/100018 24 19 23 23 25 26 24
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (22000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (11600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50
TEMP............54 54 53 53 53 53 52 51 51 52 52 52
RH..............93 90 93 94 94 91 94 99 99 98 97 97
SURFACE WND DIR.E SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
SURFACE WND SPD.9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
SURFACE WND GST.18 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14
SDSPL KT-FT/100022 21 21 21 21 21 19 18 16 14 12 13
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING,
THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58.
RH..................MIN 92 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15300 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60
TEMP............52 52 52 52 53 54 55 56 57 57 57 57
RH..............98 98 99 100 100 99 97 95 94 93 92 92
SURFACE WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E
SURFACE WND SPD.6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST.15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100015 17 17 17 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 21
FORECASTER...PICHA
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT GARCIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2524342.0/TOP
.DELDT 10/23/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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