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FXUS63 KTOP 101057
AFDTOP

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Topeka KS
457 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Low chances for minor precipitation over the next week (mainly
  Saturday night and Monday night)

- Below-normal temperatures continue into next week

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 306 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Light snow continues this morning, generally along and south of
the I-35 corridor. Snow will fully exit the area over the next
four hours or so. This snow is mainly driven by upper-level
forcing and a nicely saturated dendritic growth zone, but a weak
surface front is also pushing through. This has led to
widespread and overall light snowfall, with occasional bands of
more moderate snowfall developing along the front. Before the
snow pushes off to the south and east, another half to one inch
may fall across portions of Lyon, Osage, Douglas, Coffey,
Franklin and Anderson Counties. With cloud cover slow to erode
and the recent snowfall, temperatures may struggle to get to
near freezing today. Temperatures are favored to remain below-
normal through the middle of next week with highs in the upper
20s to mid 30s. Another upper-level wave and associated cold
front will move across the Plains Saturday night into Sunday.
This could bring another round of a light wintry mix. Models are
in good agreement on light amounts, with generally only a few
hundredths of liquid forecast. Some models have a layer aloft
that is slightly above freezing, which could lead to some
freezing rain or sleet mixing in with snow. So even though
amounts are expected to be light, there could be some impacts
with this round of precipitation Saturday night. Another wave
moves through very quickly Monday night, but there is low
confidence at this time (~10%) that we see any measurable
precipitation with this wave.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 457 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Snow has ended at all terminals. VFR conditions are expected
through the TAF period with cloud cover eroding from west to
east through the morning.

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.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Weather Advisory until 6 AM CST early this morning for
KSZ026-KSZ035-KSZ036-KSZ037-KSZ038-KSZ039-KSZ040-KSZ054-KSZ055-
KSZ056-KSZ058-KSZ059.

&&

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DISCUSSION...Jones
AVIATION...Jones