FNUS73 KDDC 190247 FWSDDC SPOT FORECAST for ashland...National Park Service National Weather Service DODGE CITY KS 947 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2139 CDT on May 18. 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... Gusty North winds will be possible overnight into Tuesday morning. Wind gusts through midnight may occasionally be as high as 40 to 45 mph. Between midnight and 3am wind gusts will decrease to 25 to 30 mph. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Temperature.........71 at forecast start...Min 44. RH..................58 percent at forecast start...Max 83 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 17 mph at forecast start...otherwise North winds around 17 mph with gusts to around 26 mph. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................0 percent. TIME (CDT) 9 PM 1 AM 5 AM Sky (%).........28 34 63 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 Temp............71 53 47 RH..............49 80 79 20 FT wind......N 31G42 N G26g38 N 17G24 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming sunny (10-20 percent). Temperature.........Max 70. RH..................Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 17 mph shifting to the northeast around 11 mph late in the afternoon. Gusts up to 29 mph. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................0 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........58 70 33 26 6 9 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............46 46 53 59 66 69 RH..............79 79 59 47 36 33 20 ft wind......N 17 N 16 N 13 N 12 NE 12 NE 11 20 ft wind gust.23 22 18 18 18 18 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Temperature.........Min 44. RH..................Max 89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph early in the evening. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................0 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........12 9 17 13 5 4 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 66 58 54 52 48 RH..............33 38 55 69 77 89 20 ft wind......E 11 E 9 NE 7 NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 20 ft wind gust.18 14 11 10 11 10 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Temperature.........Max 69. RH..................Min 44percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 8 mph increasing to 8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................10 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........30 39 61 64 69 78 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............46 47 55 59 63 67 RH..............93 93 66 55 48 45 20 ft wind......NE 6 E 7 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 9 20 ft wind gust.10 11 13 13 13 14 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds around 7 mph. .FRIDAY... Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 50. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .SATURDAY... Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. $$ Forecaster...BURGERT Requested by...yyyy Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2600000.0/DDC .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ray.burgert@noaa.gov