Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
115 AWUS83 KICT 081051 RWSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-082300- Regional Weather Summary National Weather Service Wichita KS 451 AM CST Wed Jan 8 2025 Surface high pressure remained over Kansas overnight. Temperatures fell to just below zero in north central Kansas while the southwest and southeast corners were in the mid teens. West to northwest winds were light. Wind chills ranged from the single digits in the southern portions to briefly near 10 to 15 below zero in the far northern portions. Today should be warmer across most of the Central Plains with temperatures ranging from the upper teens in northeastern Kansas and northern Missouri to the upper 30s in western Kansas. The high pressure system will gradually shift east through the day. Minimal cloud cover is expected. Winds will become southwesterly through the day and have speeds of 5 to 15 mph with the highest values in the west. A system will move off of the Rockies this evening and tonight which will bring chances for snow in far western Nebraska and northeast Colorado; this will increase the cloud cover for the rest of Nebraska and northwest corner of Kansas. Overnight temperatures are forecast to drop to the upper single digits in northeastern Kansas and Missouri to the lower 20s in Oklahoma and northern Nebraska. Southwest to northwest winds will have speeds of 5 to 20 mph with the higher values in western Nebraska. $$