FNUS73 KICT 160044 FWSICT SPOT FORECAST for TPNP Prescribed Fire...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service WICHITA KS 744 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 CDT on April 16. 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, .DISCUSSION... Dry weather conditions are expected on Thursday with southerly winds prevailing. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 53. Max humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 5 to 12 mph. TIME (CDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 8 9 11 12 12 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 58 57 56 54 54 RH..............60 65 71 73 78 80 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..4 5 4 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust. Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S Mixing wind spd.5 7 8 9 10 12 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 85. Min humidity........23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 14 mph increasing to around 15 mph late in the afternoon. Gusts up to 24 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 13 to 20 mph. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........13 14 14 14 15 11 6 2 3 4 4 4 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............54 53 57 63 72 77 80 83 84 84 84 83 RH..............82 84 79 69 51 41 34 28 26 25 23 25 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust. 6 10 11 11 13 14 18 19 19 19 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.3 2.9 4.8 5.8 7.3 7.5 7.8 7.5 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Mixing wind spd.13 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 16 18 18 20 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph late in the evening. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 20 to 29 mph. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 9 15 21 27 39 50 61 62 62 63 63 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............82 79 72 69 68 67 67 67 66 66 66 65 RH..............27 32 46 55 62 65 65 68 74 80 85 89 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..13 12 11 11 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 20 FT wind gust.18 18 17 14 14 16 17 18 20 21 21 22 Mix hgt (kft)...6.2 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Mixing wind spd.21 20 20 20 21 22 24 26 28 28 28 29 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of showers in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 60 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 17 to 18 mph with gusts to around 26 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 25 to 33 mph. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........63 64 55 46 37 41 44 47 52 56 60 57 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CWR.............0 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 60 60 60 60 Temp............65 66 70 74 78 81 83 83 83 81 78 74 RH..............90 86 81 70 61 54 50 47 47 49 53 57 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 20 FT wind gust.22 22 23 24 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 24 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.5 4.2 5.0 4.2 3.4 2.7 2.4 Mixing wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W Mixing wind spd.30 31 32 33 33 33 32 31 30 28 26 25 $$ Forecaster...Jakub Requested by...Tony Capizzo Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610490.0/ICT .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL acapizzo@tnc.org