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FXUS63 KDDC 010513
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1113 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT
- MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA TODAY
- CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN LATE WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1113 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
00Z MODEL GUIDANCE HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES
TODAY ACROSS OUR EASTERN ZONES AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH
THE AREA WITH INCREASED MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SOME CLEARING
IN THE WEST POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MID TO LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM EAST OF HIGHWAY 283 BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CREEP
EASTWARD TONIGHT. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS CONTINUES TOMORROW AND INTO
TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION
TODAY BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS THEN
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS THIS
MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S. A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 40S
ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR TO LOW 60S ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 20S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS WHERE LOW 30S WILL BE FELT. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL GENERALLY BE
IN THE 50S WITH 60S EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.
THE NBM CONTINUES TO BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
THE BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
DRY CONDITIONS RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH A SECONDARY
DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND. AS
FOR TEMPERATURES, EXPECT ANOTHER WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES WITH 50S
ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR TO MID 70S ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER. EXPECT
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S WEDNESDAY WITH UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES
THURSDAY. WE THEN SETTLE INTO THE 60S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S WITH 40S ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1052 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TOMORROW WITH HIGH CLOUDS
INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE AT THE LBL
TERMINAL WHERE NO MID CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE FORM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
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