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FXUS63 KICT 121917
AFDICT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
117 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- MUCH COOLER WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR LATE SATURDAY.
- MODERATING TEMPERATURES FOR THE UPCOMING WORK-WEEK WITH THE
DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTING.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 116 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2025
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WAS SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WHILE A
MEAN LARGER-SCALE TROUGH CONTINUED TO IMPACT THE GREAT
LAKES/NORTHEAST AREAS. MEANWHILE, NORTHWEST MID/UPPER FLOW PREVAILED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH
THE MEAN LARGER-SCALE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA WILL DRIVE A
REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR SOUTH OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY
BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE
NBM PROBABILITY OF TEMPERATURES REMAINING LESS THAN 32 DEGREES
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ARE GREATER THAN 90 PERCENT FOR AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE TO NEWTON TO LINCOLN. THE
GOOD NEWS, THIS BATCH OF COLD AIR WILL BE SHORT-LIVED WITH
RISING HEIGHTS/INCREASING THICKNESS MON-WED SUPPORTING RISING
TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REBOUND ON MONDAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS
SEEING A 20+ DEGREE INCREASE OVER VALUES ON SUNDAY. ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK
PEAKING ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES. THE COLD FRONT
WILL USHER IN ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR THU-FRI WHILE REMAINING ABOVE
NORMAL FOR MID/LATE DECEMBER. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER
THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1130 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2025
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10-12 MPH WILL GRADUALLY VEER TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WHILE REMAINING LIGHT. MVFR
CIGS CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND THESE
MAY BE SLOW TO ERODE. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF VFR, LOW STRATUS
MAY RETURN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL KS, POSSIBLY IMPACTING KSLN, KRSL
AND KGBD TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE NORTH IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...MWM
AVIATION...MWM
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