465 FNUS73 KICT 210953 FWSICT SPOT FORECAST for McConnell AFB Southside...USFWS National Weather Service WICHITA KS 453 AM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 21. 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... Seasonably warm temperatures, gusty winds, and low humidity will support elevated grassfire danger today and Sunday. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 17 mph shifting to the northwest 15 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph. Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 24 to 28 mph shifting to the northwest 21 to 26 mph late in the morning. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........55 47 46 30 8 2 2 1 2 2 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............46 48 52 56 61 64 65 66 66 66 RH..............40 39 34 30 25 25 23 22 21 20 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..17 17 17 16 14 15 15 16 15 15 20 FT wind gust.23 24 24 22 21 22 21 22 22 21 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.1 1.7 2.5 3.3 4.8 6.4 7.4 7.8 7.9 Mixing wind dir.SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Mixing wind spd.26 28 25 22 21 23 25 26 26 25 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 40. Max humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 13 mph with gusts to around 19 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 18 to 25 mph decreasing to 8 to 14 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the west 6 to 8 mph overnight shifting to the south 5 to 6 mph after 3 am. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........5 6 8 5 11 13 7 7 6 18 25 33 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............65 63 57 54 51 49 47 45 44 43 41 41 RH..............19 20 25 29 33 35 40 42 46 47 49 50 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW W W SW SW SW SW S 20 FT wind spd..13 10 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.19 14 12 10 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Mixing wind dir.NW NW N NW NW NW W W W SW SW S Mixing wind spd.25 18 14 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........18 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 15 to 16 mph with gusts to around 24 mph. Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 7 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 26 mph late in the morning. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 67 61 52 53 53 54 54 53 52 51 49 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............41 41 42 45 53 57 62 67 69 71 71 72 RH..............51 51 50 46 36 31 25 21 19 18 18 19 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 4 5 6 7 10 13 15 16 16 16 15 20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 10 13 16 18 21 23 24 24 23 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.8 3.0 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.7 4.1 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Mixing wind spd.7 8 8 9 15 17 21 23 25 26 26 24 $$ Forecaster...Kleinsasser Requested by...Jason Dewhurst Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2507071.0/ICT .DELDT 03/21/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL alexandros_mermigkas@fws.gov,jason_dewhurst@fws.gov