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FXUS63 KICT 061910
AFDICT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
210 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Storms late this afternoon into early evening across mainly
  southern KS with additional storms coming out of northwest KS
  tonight.

- Another round of storms coming off of the High Plains for Mon
night into Tuesday morning.

- Seasonal temperatures continue with above normal highs
  expected for Thursday.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 210 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

Currently have some shortwave energy moving into the Southern
Great Lakes/Ohio Valley. Meanwhile, another upper impulse is
sliding across the Northern Plains. Weak cold front extends from
Central MO to near KICT and into southwest KS.

Storms are expected to continue to develop along the front this
afternoon and sag south into the early evening, mainly affecting
southern and southeast KS. Damaging downburst winds, small hail
and pockets of heavy rain will continue to be the main threats.
Additional convection is expected to develop over southwest
Nebraska/NW KS early this evening and slide east overnight. Not
sure how far east storms will make it as there is decent model
consensus that they start to wane as they approach the western
flank of our forecast area. So for now will run with the highest
pops west of I-135 tonight. Confidence is low with regards to
convection during the day Mon. Moisture isn`t going anywhere, so
we will remain very unstable with minimal capping. Feel the
best chance for daytime storms would be for them do develop
along some remnant outflow or just east of a remnant MCV from
storms tonight. With low confidence, will not hit pops too hard.
Better storm chances will arrive Mon night as a weak upper
impulse lifts out of Central Great Basin, across the Central
Rockies and out across the Central Plains by late Mon afternoon.
Storms should first develop over central/southern Nebraska
early Mon evening, and race south and southeast overnight,
affecting most of our area after 06z Tue. Damaging downburst
winds and hail up to nickel size look to be the main threats
with this complex of storms Mon night.

We may see a few storms linger Tuesday morning, especially across
eastern KS. However after Tue, we should see an overall
decrease in storm chances through Thu, as upper ridging builds
to our southwest. Storm chances will then ramp back-up starting
Thu night into Fri as a series of impulses track across the
Central Plains, with a more potent shortwave forecast to slide
across the Northern Plains Fri, and should push a front down
into our area.

Prior to Thursday, temps look fairly seasonal for this time of year,
with a slight bump in highs for Thu with mid and upper 90s a good
bet. There is a good chance we will see cooler highs for Fri and
especially Sat as the front pushes down into our area.

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1242 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are beginning to develop
across eastern Kansas and this activity is expected to expand
across south central Kansas this afternoon. CNU and ICT are the
two most likely locations to see thunderstorm impacts this
afternoon and early evening hence tempo groups have been
introduced at both sites. Any thunderstorm that develops will
have the potential to produce gusty and erratic winds up to 60
mph, small hail, and frequent lightning. These thunderstorms
should come to an end shortly after sunset. A second round of
thunderstorms is expected to move out of northwest Kansas this
evening and overnight but will be decaying as it moves into
central Kansas. Exactly when these storms dissipate remains
uncertain so PROB30 groups remain at RSL and GBD. Outside of
thunderstorms, conditions will be VFR with relatively light
winds however outflow boundaries may lead to breezier conditions
at times.

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...RBL
AVIATION...WI