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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
144 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OVER 50
MPH.
- WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW
90S THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 144 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
WINDS WILL START TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WEAKENS. UNTIL THEN EXPECT WING GUSTS OVER 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING DUST. NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH
TOMORROW BUT WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT COMPARED TO TODAY. WINDS THEN
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH BY TOMORROW NIGHT AS LEE TROUGHING DEVELOPS
ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW WITH INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TOMORROW NIGHT. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES, HIGHS TODAY WILL ONLY REMAIN STEADY IN THE 30S WITH
WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS TO LOW 20S. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DIP INTO THE
TEENS WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. COOL TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOW 40S ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS TO LOW 50S ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS. LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT
WILL DIP INTO THE 20S.
THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL
SEE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ABOVE THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WITH AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS PLACES
NORTHWEST FLOW ABOVE WESTERN KANSAS SUPPRESSING ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER FROM OCCURRING. LONG RANGE ENSEMBLE MODELS SHOW A WEAK COLD
FRONT OR TWO MOVING THROUGH THE AREA MID WEEK BUT NO PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 70S ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY WITH 80S ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE THEN REACH INTO THE
UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND. LOWS WILL DIP INTO
THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1144 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS WE HEAD
INTO THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS ENDING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. NORTHERLY
WINDS CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH TOMORROW WITH SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090.
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