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AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY ALL WEEK
- COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND AGAIN
THIS WEEKEND. ONLY EXPECT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER WITH
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
- BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 218 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026
WESTERN KANSAS WILL BE UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVES MOVING DOWN THROUGH THIS FLOW THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE FROM A WESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH TOMORROW BEFORE
THE FIRST PIECE OF ENERGY MOVES THROUGH WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
WINDS THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH TOMORROW EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. NO PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED WITH ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MID TO UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS TONIGHT LOOK TO DIP INTO THE 20S
WITH LOW 30S ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. HIGHS TOMORROW
WILL REACH INTO THE 60S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHERE SNOW REMAINS. AS
OF NOW PROBABILITIES OF REACHING OVER 60 DEGREES IS OVER 50 PERCENT
WHERE SNOW ISN'T PRESENT. LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT LOOK TO DIP INTO THE
LOW TO MID 30S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE
UPPER 30S WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY WITH ANOTHER WEAK
DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER IS
EXPECTED WITH THESE TWO COLD FRONTS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN
BETWEEN. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY BUT AS OF NOW NO
WHERE CLOSE TO HIGH WIND CRITERIA. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THIS
PERIOD WILL START OUT WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY
50S ON THURSDAY BEFORE BEING KNOCKED BACK DOWN INTO THE 40S FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. WE RETURN INTO THE 50S SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LOWS WILL
GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 516 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026
THE AVIATION WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUIET THROUGH THIS TAF
PERIOD AS DRY DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS PREVAIL. WESTERLY WINDS WILL
KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE DRY, SO WIDESPREAD VFR FLIGHT CATEGORY WILL
CONTINUE. WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS UP
AROUND HYS TERMINAL MIDDAY TUESDAY.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...UMSCHEID
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