Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
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380 FXUS63 KDDC 302300 AFDDDC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 600 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Drying out for the most part, although some storms possible late tonight along Interstate 70 - Hot tomorrow with a chance of storms NW counties - Hot Tuesday and then another MCS pattern developing thereafter && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 200 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 The FA will dry out this afternoon as any shower activity diminishes with time. There still is upslope flow across eastern Colorado this afternoon. As such, I would expect late afternoon and evening storms developing in this region. This activity should not impact much of the FA with the exception across the Interstate 70 corridor late tonight. By the time it gets to the FA, would expect the only threat to be lightning and some brief heavy rainfall. Otherwise, the rest of the FA will see quiet weather with near normal lows. For Monday, the lee trough will deepen during the day. A bit of downslope SSW winds are expected across a portion of the FA. As such, do expect hotter highs Monday with values in the mid to upper 90s. One exception to this is for the areas that experienced the heaviest rainfall Sunday. This area is the Dodge City to Bucklin to Coldwater to Mullinville communities. Heating might be slowed a little with the very wet ground here and went with slightly cooler highs. There might be evening storms developing across the NW counties Monday evening and possibly expanding east as the night continues across the Interstate 70 corridor. The main threat with this activity would be strong/gusty winds and brief moderate to heavy rainfall. The rest of the FA should be dry. More hot highs looks likely Tuesday. EPS has >90% probabilities of >90F for much of the FA. The main exception to this is across the NW zones, which is in closer proximity to an approaching weak front. This front looks to eventually stall out Wednesday across the state. Storms will be possible in association with this boundary. The 20% to 60% pops from the NBM looks good enough for now to capture this storm potential. The upslope flow pattern, which is an MCS pattern may continue somewhat Thursday but with better chances Friday. Highs wouldn`t likely bet as hot under this potentially wetter weather pattern to close out the extended period. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 558 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Low clouds will hang around western Kansas through tonight with MVFR flight categories for DDC, GCK, and HYS. Brief periods of IFR flight category could happen at GCK and HYS as a complex of storms comes out of eastern Colorado and affects mainly northwest and north central Kansas. VCTS will be around HYS between 05-07Z. Cloud ceilings should rise to VFR for all terminals after 13Z and wind speeds will increase through the day to 15-20 kts sustained and gusts over 30 kts possible after 18Z. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Sugden AVIATION...Tatro