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FXUS63 KDDC 212334
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
534 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY AND MILD FOR SEVERAL DAYS
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 222 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH LITTLE IMPACTS.
FOR TONIGHT, LIGHT WINDS AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH VALUES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 20S.
FOR SUNDAY, A HIGH PLAINS LEE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE. THE STRONGEST
WAA IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER.
HERE, HIGHS IN THE 60S LOOKS LIKELY. COOLER HIGHS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER
EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. 50S FOR HERE. NOT LOOKING ANY ANY FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS AS THE LOWEST RH'S ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLLOCATED
WITH THE WEAKEST WINDS. FOR MONDAY, A DRY FROPA IS EXPECTED. WE WILL
SEE COOLER HIGHS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH 50S AREAWIDE. HAVE
PRETTY GOOD CONFIDENCE IN BOTH THE ENSEMBLE AND DETERMINISTIC MODELS
OF ANY LIGHT QPF REMAINING MAINLY SE OF THE FA MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUES WELL
INTO THE MIDWEEK PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NBM
POPS FOR NOW, ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY LOW AT THIS TIME WITH
THE SPREAD OF ENSEMBLE AND DETERMINISTIC SOLUTIONS REGARDING THIS
LIGHT PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 527 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN VICINITY OF ALL TAF SITES DURING
THE PERIOD. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS A WEAK LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED
IN EASTERN COLORADO.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...SUGDEN
AVIATION...JJOHNSON
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