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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
341 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2026
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT, AS A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHED FROM THE WEST. LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING
WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES OCCURRED. PREDAWN
TEMPERATURES WERE RATHER MILD FOR EARLY MARCH STANDARDS, WITH 50S
AND 60S COMMON.
A STRONG DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT, MAINLY OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE,
WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS,
HEAVY RAINFALL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.
IT WILL BE RATHER BREEZY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM
MOVES THROUGH, WITH WINDS GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES.
ADDITIONALLY, UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL AHEAD
OF THE FRONT TODAY, WITH FORECAST HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S. MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT, WITH NORTHWEST KANSAS ONLY REACHING THE 40S TODAY.
FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT RANGE FROM THE 20S OVER WESTERN
KANSAS, TO 40S OVER FAR EASTERN KANSAS. WIND CHILLS TONIGHT WILL
DIP AS LOW AS THE TEENS AND 20S.
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