FNUS73 KTOP 210035 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST for Wildcat Creek Fire...Riley County EM National Weather Service Topeka KS 735 PM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 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... North winds at 4 MPH at 7 PM will diminish late this evening. Winds will become light and variable through the early morning hours of Saturday. Winds will become south-southwest from 6am through 11 AM at 10 to 15 MPH, then become more southwesterly through Saturday afternoon at 15 to 20 MPH with gusts up to 30 MPH. RHs currently around 21 percent but will rise to around 35 percent range by late evening, then around 50 percent by sunrise Saturday. Minimum RHs Saturday afternoon will drop to around 15 percent. Give us a call for more detailed forecast information if needed. .REST OF TONIGHT... Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........80 at forecast start...Min 52. RH..................20 percent at forecast start...Max 63 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds northeast at 3 mph at forecast start...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 300 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /3300 knot-ft/ at forecast start. Min...poor /1800 knot-ft/. Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. TIME (CDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC MCR 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 Temp............80 74 68 66 62 61 59 58 55 54 RH..............20 26 33 36 41 44 47 49 57 59 20 FT wind dir..NE NE E SE S S SW W W SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust. 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 SDspl kt-ft/10003 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 .SATURDAY... Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Max 92. RH..................Min 16 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest around 15 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (96700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Sky/weather.........Sunny. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............54 57 78 90 RH..............59 55 28 17 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 10 13 20 FT wind gust.6 8 15 20 Mix hgt (ft)....300 400 1500 4100 SDspl kt-ft/10003 4 22 70 $$ Forecaster...Gargan Requested by...Emergency Manager Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2606909.0/TOP .DELDT 03/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL emergencymanager@rileycountyks.gov,rstukey@rileycountyks.gov