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FXUS63 KDDC 282242
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
542 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THOROUGH FRIDAY WITH
THE HIGHEST CHANCE ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE
- BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 114 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW AS HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS THE DOMINATE FEATURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LOW CLOUDS
WILL DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BY THIS
EVENING. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS HIGH TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE
INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE THEN EXPECTED
TOMORROW. WINDS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING, BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT. WINDS
THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. AS FOR TEMPERATURES HIGHS THIS
AFTERNOON LOOK TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES
WILL LOW CLOUDS HANG AROUND UNTIL EARLY EVENING TO UPPER 60S ACROSS
FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DIP INTO THE 30S WITH
AROUND 40 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL
REACH INTO THE 60S.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE BEST
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS AS YOU HEAD EAST. AS OF NOW, THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH CLEARING EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS THEN
RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS
WILL ONLY REACH INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
70S SATURDAY, AND LOW 80S SUNDAY. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S
AND 40S.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 539 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
COOL, HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT, AND THIS WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT AND
VARIABLE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY TONIGHT, LIKELY
REACHING THE DEWPOINT CLOSE TO DAYBREAK. THERE ARE SOME SIGNALS
OF PATCHY DENSE RADIATION FOG DEVELOPMENT, AND THERE IS ENOUGH
OF A SIGNAL TO BRING THE VISIBILITY FORECAST DOWN TO 2 MILES AT
GCK, DDC, HYS GIVEN THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS
AMIDST AN ALREADY COOL AIR MASS. LIGHT WINDS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...UMSCHEID
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