FNUS73 KTOP 191417 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST for Redwood Sign Prairie...USFWS National Weather Service Topeka KS 917 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... Light and variable wind this morning becoming light (10 mph or less) out of the north within the next few hours. Relative humidity will fall through the morning and bottom out in the afternoon around 25%. Humidity will recover overnight around 90% and wind will go calm for several hours before switching out of the south southwest around midnight, but still very light (around 5 mph). .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........59 at ignition...Max 82. RH..................46 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds west at 4 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3700 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /45600 knot-ft/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............59 66 72 76 78 80 81 81 RH..............46 40 35 32 30 28 26 27 20 FT wind dir..W NW N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 20 FT wind gust.5 5 9 11 11 9 9 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.3 3.7 2.6 SDspl kt-ft/10006 13 16 27 42 46 44 26 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Min 49. RH..................Max 89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2200 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............80 72 64 59 56 52 RH..............28 41 54 64 74 86 20 FT wind dir..NE E SE S SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 2 1 3 4 4 20 FT wind gust.7 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....1700 400 400 400 400 400 SDspl kt-ft/100013 2 3 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Max 87. RH..................Min 22 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon, then shifting to the northwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (55500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............51 54 76 86 RH..............83 80 39 24 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W 20 FT wind spd..3 4 8 8 20 FT wind gust. 5 Mix hgt (ft)....400 500 2200 4400 SDspl kt-ft/10005 6 29 56 $$ Forecaster...Jones Requested by...David Spencer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606552.0/TOP .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL david_spencer@fws.gov