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FXUS63 KICT 181124
AFDICT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- UP AND DOWN TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH A GRADUAL
WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 214 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024
A COLD FRONT HAS USHERED IN MORE SEASONABLE AIR ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND WE COULD SEE SOME STRATUS LINGER OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
KANSAS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL
REMAIN NEAR CLIMATE NORMALS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S.
LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER
50S ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A
COLD FRONT SOUTH OVER THE AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD ON THURSDAY.
SEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS
STRUGGLING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 30S FOR MANY AREAS.
SAT-SUN...RISING HEIGHTS AND INCREASING THICKNESS WILL SUPPORT
RISING TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES ON EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID
40S. BY SUNDAY, MOST AREAS WILL SEE HIGHS AROUND 50 AS BREEZY
SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA.
MONDAY-TUESDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS
MAY BRING SOME INCREASE IN POPS FOR SOUTHEAST KS LATE MONDAY BUT
MUCH OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. SEASONABLY MILD
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S
MON-TUE. A QUICK LOOK AHEAD TO CHRISTMAS DAY...MILD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S/AROUND 60. AN APPROACHING
STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE AREA LATE IN
THE PERIOD BUT CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING REMAINS FAIRLY LOW AT THIS
TIME.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 521 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND BACK TO A WESTERLY OR
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
AN AREA OF MVFR STRATUS WAS ALSO DRIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND WILL IMPACT TAFS ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE MIXING OUT. BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AS WE MOVE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WHILE VFR PREVAILS TONIGHT.
ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...MWM
AVIATION...MWM
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