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FXUS63 KICT 141730  
AFDICT  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
1230 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR  
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MID-WEEK BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN  
DRY.  
 
- THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS  
AND STORMS WILL ARRIVE LATE WED INTO THU ACROSS THE AREA.  
 
- WARMER ON TUE-WED WITH A BRIEF COOLDOWN FOLLOWED BY RISING  
TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEKEND.|  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 313 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2025  
 
THE PESKY UPPER TROUGH LAYING ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
AREA HAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOWER POPS  
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. RESIDUAL  
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS WILL ALLOW FOR AN UNCAPPED  
AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS ONLY A SLIM  
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST KS WHERE SOME LOW POPS WERE MAINTAINED AS WE  
EXPECT AN ISOLATED DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWER OR TWO EACH DAY. WITH  
SOME DRIER AIR IN CENTRAL KS AND PLENTY OF INSOLATION MORE  
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO  
MID 90S TODAY FOLLOWED BY MID AND UPPER 90S ON TUE WHILE SOUTHEAST  
KS TOPS OUT IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S.  
 
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE  
CENTRAL PLAINS LATE IN THE PERIOD. THIS FRONT WILL BECOME A FOCUS  
FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT IS  
PROGGED TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION ON THU-THU NIGHT BEFORE RETURNING  
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF  
UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE REGION WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS  
AND STORMS AND A BRIEF COOLDOWN.  
 
FRI-SUN...SOME DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST  
THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT WE EXPECT TO SEE RISING HEIGHTS/INCREASING  
THICKNESS SUPPORTING RISING TEMPERATURES AS WE MOVE INTO THE  
WEEKEND. MOST LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE HIGHS IN THE MID AND  
UPPER 90S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1219 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL  
SITES FOR TAF PERIOD. THE AFTERNOON SCATTERED DECK OF CU WILL  
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY BEGIN TO DISSIPATE  
WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING TONIGHT.  
 

 
   
ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...MWM  
AVIATION...SGS  
 
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