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FXUS63 KICT 290805
AFDICT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 AM CST MON DEC 29 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
- TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON TUESDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 201 AM CST MON DEC 29 2025
A VIGOROUS MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA WILL CONTINUE
TO RACE EASTWARD WHILE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
TO WEAKEN BRINGING DIMINISHING WINDS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DAY.
BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN WE
WILL BEGIN TO SEE A GRADUALLY WARMING TREND.
TUE-WED...LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN ON TUE AND PERSIST
INTO WED WITH PLENTY OF INSOLATION LEADING TO MODERATING
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN WITH MOST AREAS SEEING HIGHS
AROUND 50 ON TUE WITH MID AND UPPER 50S ANTICIPATED BY WED.
THU-SUN...A COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE WED INTO THU BUT IT
WILL ONLY BE A GLANCING BLOW WITH THE PRIMARY PUSH OF COLD AIR
REMAINING NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY TOP
OUT IN THE UPPER 40S FOR MANY AREAS. A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH
IS PROGGED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY AND WE MAY
SEE A BRIEF SHOWER IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KS ALTHOUGH HIGHER
PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL FOLLOW THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH ARRIVING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY
AND REINFORCING THE SEASONABLE AIR THAT ARRIVED ON THU. AS WE MOVE
INTO THE WEEKEND, RISING HEIGHTS AND INCREASING THICKNESS SHOULD
SUPPORT RISING TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY
APPROACH 60 AS WE MOVE INTO SUNDAY.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1116 PM CST SUN DEC 28 2025
AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN GUSTY NORTH WINDS, WIND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE MOMENTARILY AT ALL SITES WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND
EVENTUALLY DIMINISHING LESS THAN 10 KT NEAR THE END OF THE
PERIOD.
ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...MWM
AVIATION...BRF
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