Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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757 FXUS63 KICT 011655 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1155 AM CDT Tue Oct 1 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Cooler temperatures in store for Kansas today - High confidence for the dry weather pattern to continue for several more days due to lack moisture being drawn back into Kansas && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 133 AM CDT Tue Oct 1 2024 Surface high pressure and associated cool airmass will be in place across Kansas today, however this cool down will be short lived as warmer air quickly returns for Wednesday and especially on Thursday. Daytime highs look to climb back into the low 90s on Thursday. Meanwhile another frontal boundary looks to push southward into Kansas on Friday with temperatures cooling off once again. Models show another upper level wave racing eastward across the northern plains on Saturday which will push yet another cold front southward into Kansas for Sunday. The cold fronts will have no moisture to work with therefore the dry weather is expected to continue. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1155 AM CDT Tue Oct 1 2024 VFR conditions are expected to prevail at all sites. Winds will gradually become easterly later this evening before becoming southerly toward the end of the period. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...CDJ AVIATION...JWK