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AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
510 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
MID PART OF NEXT WEEK
- THERE COULD BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 203 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS CURRENTLY SITTING ABOVE THE PLAINS AND WILL
SLOWLY INCH EASTWARD AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS INTO THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES. TOWARDS THE SURFACE, LEE TROUGHING WILL BE THE MAIN
FEATURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO LEADING TO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. SKIES WILL
BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH OCCASIONAL INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS.
HIGHS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL SOAR INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S
WHICH IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. LOWS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 70S.
THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL THEN MOVE CLOSER TO THE
AREA DURING THE MID PART OF NEXT WEEK EJECTING DISTURBANCES TOWARDS
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY
BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING BUT WILL
NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH FUTURE MODEL RUNS. WE THEN START TO DRY
OUT BY LATE NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL RIDING BUILDS ACROSS THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 70S ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH 60S LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.
LOWS WILL SETTLE INTO THE 40S BY NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 510 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
VFR FLYING CONDITIONS THIS TAF CYCLE FOR ALL TERMINALS. CURRENT
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RELAX SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT TO THE
12-15 KT RANGE, BUT A STRONG LLJ WILL RESULT IN ROUGHLY 45 KTS
OF SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY LLWS. SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY
MORNING, THE LLWS WILL DIMINISH AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE INTO
THE 15-20 KT RANGE GUSTING TO 25-30 KTS OUT OF THE SOUTH OR
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...SPRINGER
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