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FXUS63 KDDC 071027
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- QUIET WEATHER THROUGH TOMORROW
- 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 110 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OVER THE ROCKIES SHOULD KEEP ANY CONVECTION FROM ENTERING OUR CWA.
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN
MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS TUESDAY NIGHT. 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, MID TO UPPER 60S ARE EXPECTED
FOR LOWS TONIGHT WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S TODAY. LOWS TONIGHT 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 HIGH 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. THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS DRY AS AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH BUILDS
BACK INTO THE AREA. 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 WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 525 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. AS THIS SURFACE TROUGH
DEEPENS, SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS AFTER
18Z TODAY. BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATING VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...BURGERT
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