160  
FNUS73 KTOP 070702  
FWSTOP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CFD INCIDENT...CONSOLIDATED FIRE DISTRICT #1  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
202 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0200 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
5-10 MPH EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE  
INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY MID-MORNING MONDAY.  
THERE IS A LOW CHANCE (10%) FOR A SHOWER OR STORM OVERNIGHT AND  
AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND  
80% WILL INCREASE TO 90% BY SUNRISE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES  
THEN DROP TO AROUND 40% MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL  
CLIMB TO 100-105 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS HOLD IN THE 5-10  
MPH RANGE MONDAY NIGHT, THEN INCREASE TO 10-15 MPH FROM THE  
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
VALUES AROUND 35% ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX  
VALUES WILL REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A  
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY  
MORNING, SWITCHING WINDS TO THE NORTH AND BRINGING A HIGHER CHANCE  
FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........74 AT FORECAST START...MIN 71.  
RH..................84 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MAX 90 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT FORECAST  
START...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4900 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.  
MIN...POOR /4700 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CDT) 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10  
TEMP............74 74 73 72  
RH..............84 82 84 87  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 5 5  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97.  
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND  
9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75900 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............71 72 74 77 81 84 88 90 94 95 96 96  
RH..............90 87 82 76 72 65 57 54 48 45 43 43  
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 6 18 21 30 37 43 57 69 76 73  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 74.  
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............95 92 88 85 82 80 79 79 79 78 77 75  
RH..............46 51 57 61 67 69 69 67 67 69 71 76  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 14 15 15 14 15 14 14 14 14  
SDSPL KT-FT/100038 9 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 100.  
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (98000  
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC MCR PC MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............74 76 78 83 87 91 94 97 98 99 100 99  
RH..............79 74 71 61 55 49 43 39 38 36 35 36  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 16 18 19 18 19 19 19 19 18 18  
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 7 11 23 35 58 70 86 104 110 104 98  
 
 
FORECASTER...FLANAGAN  
REQUESTED BY...CLINT HORNBERGER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621351.0/TOP  
.DELDT 09/07/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CHORNBERGER@DGCOKS.GOV  
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