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FXUS63 KDDC 110517
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1217 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- DENSE FOG AND MIST WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH DISSIPATION
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE MORNING
- SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME
- WARMER DRIER WEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW AND THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1216 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
DENSE FOG AND A LIGHT MIST WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SOME
DISSIPATION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER SUNRISE AS THE WINDS TURN MORE
TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE IN SPEED. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. A LULL IN THE ACTION IS
EXPECTED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE NEXT PIECE OF ENERGY MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING A CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES THEN SHIFT EASTWARD
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CWA WITH SOME CLEARING
FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW
NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS THIS MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE 40S
WITH LOW 50S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH LOWS TONIGHT
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO NEAR 60
DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL REACH INTO THE 80S
WITH LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT RANGING FROM THE MID 40S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS TO UPPER 50S ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS DRY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE
SURFACE AND CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW RHS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OSBERVED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS DURING THIS PERIOD AND AFTERNOONS
WITH HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN FIRE DANGER.
TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO
UPPER 80S WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 40S TO 60S.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1131 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY'S WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MID MORNING. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY WILL THEN INCREASE BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON ALLOWING VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN. WINDS WILL
BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNRISE THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTH
WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 101 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON, GUSTING TO
NEAR 40 MPH, BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE RED
FLAG CRITERIA. SUNDAY, THE DRYLINE WILL MIX EASTWARD TO THE
EASTERN ZONES. WEST OF THE DRYLINE, SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE
20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. WEST OF US 83, MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10-15% IS EXPECTED. AFTER COORDINATION WITH
PUB/GLD, ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE WESTERN SIX
COUNTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A WILDFIRE RISK WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE DRYLINE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10-20%, AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED
EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING. FIRE WEATHER WATCHES/RED FLAG WARNINGS
WILL BE REQUIRED.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING FOR
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>089.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...HOVORKA_42
FIRE WEATHER...TURNER
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