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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
512 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2026
QUIET WEATHER ENCOMPASSED KANSAS TODAY, WITH EARLY EVENING
TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE MOSTLY IN THE 90S. BREEZY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS PREVAILED THROUGH THE DAY, ESPECIALLY GENERALLY
WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS, WHERE GUSTS EXCEEDED 30 TO 35 MPH AT
TIMES.
A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD SUPPORT A FEW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT OVER MAINLY
NORTHWEST KANSAS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE ABOUT 10 PM. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
STATE ARE IN THE 60S AND 70S, COOLEST OVER WESTERN KANSAS.
CONTINUED WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY
FOR MANY ACROSS THE STATE WITH FORECAST HIGHS WELL INTO THE 90S.
HOWEVER, COOLER 70S AND 80S ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON, SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. FURTHERMORE, POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE.
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