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FXUS63 KDDC 061008
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
508 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- QUIET WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY
- HOTTER TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 100 ALONG THE
KS/OK BORDER
- BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE THURSDAY
EVENING/NIGHT
- WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 105 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES SHOULD KEEP ANY CONVECTION FROM ENTERING OUR
CWA. THE NBM HAS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRAY THUNDERSTORM TUESDAY
EVENING BUT HAVE KEPT IT AS GHOST POPS FOR NOW. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY
CLEAR THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MID TO UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS WEDNESDAY. LEE TROUGHING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL BRING
SOUTHELRY WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY WITH SOME
BREEZINESS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS IN THE AFTERNOON. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES, LOWS THIS MORNING LOOK TO DIP INTO THE 60S WITH HIGHS
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOW 90S. MID TO UPPER 60S ARE EXPECTED FOR
LOWS TONIGHT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S TOMORROW. LOWS
WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WITH HIGHS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. SOME AREAS ALONG THE
KS/OK BORDER MAY REACH 100 DEGREES.
THE UPPER LEVEL NIGH GETS PUSHED WEST THEREAFTER WITH ZONAL WEST TO
EAST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WEAK DISTURBANCES MAY MOVE
THROUGH THIS FLOW ENHANCING LIFT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THE BEST
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THESE DISTURBANCES LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY
EVENING WITH LESSER CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING/NIGHTS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THIS TIME FRAME LOOK TO REACH INTO THE 90S
FOR HIGHS. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 60S WITH SOME 70S ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 506 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHEAST
WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THE LIGHTER
SOUTHEAST WINDS EARLY THIS MONDAY MORNING MAY ALSO RESULT IN
SOME PATCHY FOG, WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 3 MILES POSSIBLE
BETWEEN 12Z AND 14Z. BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE VFR CONDITIONS
ONCE THIS PATCHY FOG ERODES BY 14Z TODAY.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...BURGERT
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