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FXUS63 KDDC 302200
AFDDDC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
500 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- HEAT INDICES REACH TOWARDS 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
- LOW RHS AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FIRE DANGER
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
- ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING PEAK HEATING THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 103 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S EACH DAY AND UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S EACH
NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A PERSISTENT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST IN WHICH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM ALONG DURING PEAK HEATING. OTHERWISE EXPECT
DRY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AHEAD OF THIS
TROUGH AND EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS NORTH OF THIS TROUGH. APPARENT
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REACH TOWARDS 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON BUT
HAVE DECIDED WITH NEIGHBORING CWAS TO NOT ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY AT
THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, LOW RHS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS LOOK TO
ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER RISK THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE
WINDS ARE STRONGER.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 500 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
VFR IS EXPECTED THROUGH TAF PD. A SFC TROF WILL LINGER ACROSS THE
TERMINALS AND WILL RESULT IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS FOR KGCK/KLBL/KHYS.
FARTHER DOWNSTREAM, WINDS WILL BE S/SW 10-20 KT AND GUSTY FOR KDDC.
DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...SUGDEN
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