919
FNUS73 KGID 150742
FWSGID
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROOKS COUNTY RX SCHOOL...KANSAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
242 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
DISCUSSION
WARM, DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE
TODAY. WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING,
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS LATER TODAY, MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY STAY ABOVE 30 PERCENT AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN
IN THE 60S ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN THE STRONG HEATING AND TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT, WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTH AGAIN
TODAY, WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 100.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 24 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........48 43 37 31 24 24 23 23 25 28 31 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............73 71 74 76 82 86 89 94 97 98 100 98
RH..............77 80 75 71 61 53 48 41 36 34 31 33
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 10 12 12 12 13 15 17 17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.13 15 16 16 17 17 17 20 23 25 28 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.1 4.0 5.1 6.0 6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 17 18 20 20 21 21 23 24 24
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 22 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 15 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............98 97 93 89 86 84 82 82 81 80 78 77
RH..............33 36 40 46 50 52 54 52 54 56 57 59
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 2.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 20 20 20 20 22 22 21 21 21 22 22
FORECASTER...ROSSI
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS CARLSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2519776.0/GID
.DELDT 08/14/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DCARLSON@KSU.EDU
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