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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1106 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 /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1101 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON, USHERING IN A WARMER AIR MASS AND
ALLOWING LOW CEILING TO ERODE. DDC, GCK, HYS, AND LBL TERMINALS
WILL ALL BE VFR FLIGHT CATEGORY THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND
INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP, HOWEVER THE ABSENCE OF
SIGNIFICANT FORCING FOR ASCENT AND LACK OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
WILL KEEP ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THUS, WE WILL NOT CARRY ANY MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TAFS FOR OUR FOUR AIRPORTS, AT LEAST UNTIL
THERE IS A STRONGER SIGNAL FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION NEAR
ANY OF DDC, GCK, HYS, OR LBL AIRPORTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...UMSCHEID
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