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FNUS73 KICT 260922
FWSICT
SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER FIELD...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
422 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0653 CDT ON MARCH 26.
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,
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
DISCUSSION
RECORD WARMTH AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
PROMPTING A RED FLAG WARNING TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LOOK FOR HIGHS TO REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S WITH
SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. MINIMUM RH VALUES
WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20-25% DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD
FRONT WILL THEN SWITCH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH BETWEEN 6 AND 8PM
THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30-35 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 24 TO
26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 32 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 38
TO 44 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 8 12 9 7 7 8 4 3 4 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 66 67 70 75 80 86 89 92 94 95 95
RH..............75 75 73 64 53 44 36 33 29 27 25 24
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 15 16 17 19 21 21 23 23 23 21
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 22 24 26 29 30 31 32 32 31 31
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.2 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.4 4.4
MIXING WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW S S SW SW SW SW
MIXING WIND SPD.20 21 21 24 30 32 33 39 41 44 41 38
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT LATE
IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT INCREASING
TO 60 PERCENT AFTER 3 AM DECREASING TO 30
PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING
TO THE NORTH 17 TO 26 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 28 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
GUSTS UP TO 38 MPH INCREASING TO 43 MPH
OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 28 MPH DECREASING TO 18 TO 20
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 24 TO 33 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 11 24 34 47 77 81 78 68 74 82 76
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 10 20 20 30 30 30 40 50 60 30 20
TEMP............94 91 85 78 73 69 65 61 58 56 54 50
RH..............24 27 34 39 44 47 53 57 60 59 60 63
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..18 13 16 17 20 21 21 21 22 23 24 24
20 FT WIND GUST.28 24 23 24 26 29 30 30 31 32 33 34
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.7
MIXING WIND DIR.SW SW SW N N NE N NE NE NE NE NE
MIXING WIND SPD.28 18 20 24 29 33 35 35 38 37 38 40
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 33 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND
17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 32 TO 40 MPH DECREASING TO 28 TO 30
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........83 82 87 86 66 62 58 54 47 40 33 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 47 46 46 46 48 51 53 54 55 56 56
RH..............62 60 59 56 53 45 38 35 30 27 25 23
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..24 24 24 24 23 22 20 18 18 18 17 16
20 FT WIND GUST.33 32 31 31 30 30 30 28 26 26 25 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.6 4.4
MIXING WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
MIXING WIND SPD.40 39 37 35 33 33 33 33 33 32 30 28
FORECASTER...DAVIS
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607228.3/ICT
.DELDT 03/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MICHAEL_A_MILLER@FWS.GOV
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