FNUS73 KTOP 202040 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST for Winchester Fire...Jefferson County Emergency Management National Weather Service Topeka KS 340 PM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on March 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Light winds from the north-northwest at 5 MPH through Midnight. Winds will become light and variable through the early morning hours of Saturday. Winds will become south-southwest from 6am through 11AM then become more west-southwest through Saturday afternoon at 15 to 20 MPH with gusts up to 30 MPH. RHs currently around 18 percent but will rise after sunset into the 40 percent range, then around 70 percent by sunrise Saturday. Minimum RHs Saturday afternoon will drop to around 16 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........87 at forecast start...Max 87. RH..................21 percent at forecast start...Min 19 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds northwest at 5 mph at forecast start...otherwise Northwest winds around 5 mph. Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 4000 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Good /39600 knot-ft/ at forecast start. Max...good /39600 knot-ft/. TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 Temp............87 86 RH..............21 20 20 FT wind dir..NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 20 FT wind gust. Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 3.4 SDspl kt-ft/100040 34 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Min 54. RH..................Max 66 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds around 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............86 82 77 71 68 66 64 63 61 60 57 56 RH..............19 22 25 31 35 37 40 43 46 49 57 62 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N E SE S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 20 FT wind gust.12 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 SDspl kt-ft/100011 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Max 90. RH..................Min 20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 13 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (69400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............56 54 56 60 68 74 79 83 88 89 90 90 RH..............62 66 64 58 49 40 34 30 23 22 20 20 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 5 7 9 9 10 12 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 9 11 14 14 16 19 20 21 21 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 2.9 SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 3 3 5 10 17 32 66 69 69 49 $$ Forecaster...Gargan Requested by...Jefferson County Emergency Manager Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2606863.0/TOP .DELDT 03/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kjeffers@jfcountyks.com,kjeffers46@yahoo.com