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FXUS63 KDDC 250554
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY AND TOMORROW
- A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN ZONES THIS EVENING
- NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN LATE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1153 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
LIGHT WINDS, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BEING THE DOMINATE FEATURE ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS. A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING BRINGING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR EASTERN ZONES BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH CLEARING
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE THEN EXPECTED
TOMORROW. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS THIS MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE
30S WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S. AN EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ACROSS
FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS WHERE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL BE FELT. LOWS
TONIGHT LOOK TO ONCE AGAIN DIP INTO THE 30S WITH HIGHS TOMORROW IN
THE MID TO UPPER 60S. LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT WILL DIP INTO THE 30S.
EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FRIDAY 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. AS FOR
TEMPERATURE VALUES, EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 70S FRIDAY, 60S NORTH TO 70S
SOUTH SATURDAY, 40S NORTH TO 60S SOUTH SUNDAY, 40S MONDAY, THEN BACK
INTO THE 50S TUESDAY. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY MORNING WHERE LOW 40S
WILL BE FELT AND 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE
COOLEST AIR ARRIVES.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 1034 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TOMORROW WITH A FEW HIGH
CLOUDS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH MORNING, THEN
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW EVENING.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...HOVORKA_42
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