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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURGESS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THOUGH
PRIMARILY OUT OF THE EAST. WINDS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON, PEAKING AROUND 10
MPH. WINDS STAY 5-10 MPH OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY BECOME MORE
SOUTHERLY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS TO AROUND 35 PERCENT BY NOON
AND 25 PERCENT MID AFTERNOON. MIXING STEADILY IMPROVES THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, HELPING SMOKE DISPERSAL.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4400 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/55600 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 47 54 58 62 65 68 71 72 73
RH..............82 69 52 46 36 31 28 26 27 27
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST. 12 13 13 14 13 13 12 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.4 2.2 3.1 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.3
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 5 12 15 25 34 37 49 53 56
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 8 TO 9 MPH AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ S CHC S CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 20 20
TEMP............71 65 59 55 54 53
RH..............30 40 52 58 69 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 7 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (FT)....2600 500 500 500 500 500
SDSPL KT-FT/100036 6 7 7 8 7
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82.
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (92300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (80400
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30
TEMP............54 59 71 80
RH..............88 87 64 47
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 13 17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.15 26 27 25
MIX HGT (FT)....600 800 2000 3700
SDSPL KT-FT/10009 14 49 92
FORECASTER...REESE
REQUESTED BY...DAVID SPENCER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/26/25
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