Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
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784 FXUS63 KDDC 301605 AFDDDC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1105 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight through Sunday morning, which will mainly be sub-severe. - Summertime heat returns Monday with afternoon highs in the upper 90s/near 100. - Precipitation chances exist each day through the period, with the best chance on Wednesday. && .UPDATE... Issued at 825 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Updated pops and QPF based on radar trends. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 230 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Infrared satellite and KDDC radar observations reveal scattered thunderstorms are increasing in coverage within an area of WAA across the central plains. Recent runs of the HREF suggest this activity will increase in coverage through the overnight period and into Sunday morning, bringing widespread rain to southwest KS as HREF probability of QPF > 0.5" is in the 60-80% range for much of the area. Some of these thunderstorms reaching severe criteria cannot be ruled out given around 30 kts of 0-6km shear, however, meager instability should make any severe convection very few and far between. By early afternoon Sunday, CAMs indicate convective activity will be winding down/moving northeast of our area, but widespread cloud cover will persist, limiting afternoon temperatures to well below normal with highs ranging from the mid 80s southwest to the mid 70s northeast. Another round of thunderstorms is possible late Sunday afternoon into the overnight hours as convection moves off the higher terrain in CO into western KS, but coverage will be much lower with only slight chance (15-24%) to low-end chance (25-54%) pops across the northern zones. Daytime Monday, the summertime heat returns with a vengeance as clear skies, a strong upper level ridge over the southern plains, and downsloping surface southwesterly flow across the central plains combine to send afternoon temperatures above normal with highs in the upper 90s/near 100. A few scattered showers/thunderstorms are possible once again Monday afternoon and evening as a cold front associated with a surface low located over south-central Canada drifts southward into our area, however coverage will be similarly low to Sunday night with only slight chance (15-24%) to low-end chance (25-54%) pops. Tuesday through the end of the work week will feature daily opportunities for precipitation, likely in the form of sub- severe thunderstorms, as the mid-level jet remains over roughly the northern half of the CONUS, which is just close enough to southwest KS to support convective activity. Currently, the best chance for precipitation appears to be Wednesday as the LREF probability of QPF > 0.1" is in the 40-80% range for our entire area. This will also be accompanied by below normal temperatures as NBM highs are only in the mid/upper 80s. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/... Issued at 1111 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Shra and isolated tsra will continue across the terminals but should diminish with time this afternoon as the main UL wave moves through. Another round of shra/tsra may be possible late this evening across KHYS. Otherwise, LIFR to IFR cigs will slowly improve this afternoon to MVFR or VFR as rain shield/low cigs erodes with time. VFR is expected towards end of TAF pd for all terminals. Winds will be E to SE 10-20 kt through the overnight pd. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until 3 PM CDT this afternoon for KSZ066-074>081- 084>090. && $$ UPDATE...Sugden DISCUSSION...Springer AVIATION...Sugden