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FXUS63 KDDC 260518
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1118 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY
- A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
BACK TO NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A CHANCE
OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1117 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, DRY CONDITIONS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW WITH AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE BAJA
DESERT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. WINDS
WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT
THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS THEN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS
THIS MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE 30S WITH HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
MID TO UPPER 60S. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND FREEZING
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO AROUND 40S DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL REACH IN TO THE 70S WITH LOWS
TOMORROW NIGHT RANGING FROM AROUND FREEZING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS TO LOW 40S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND WITH AN INCREASE
IN CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK. A DRY COLD FRONT IS STILL
DEPICTED BY THE MODELS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WHICH WILL IN TURN BRING
BACK NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. A WINTERY MIX
IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BELOW
FREEZING. AS FOR TEMPERATURE VALUES, EXPECT HIGHS 60S NORTH TO 70S
SOUTH SATURDAY, UPPER 30S NORTH TO UPPER 50S SOUTH SUNDAY, 40S
MONDAY, THEN BACK INTO THE 50S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOWS WILL
GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
SATURDAY MORNING WHERE LOW 40S WILL BE FELT AND UPPER TEENS TO LOW
20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE COOLEST AIR
ARRIVES.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1047 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE
DAY GUSTING TO OVER 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS THEN BECOME
LIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...HOVORKA_42
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