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FXUS63 KICT 190502
AFDICT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1102 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- FOG IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING
- COLDER ON FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND THROUGH MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 239 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
SOME RADIATIONAL FOG COULD TRY TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT/THURSDAY
MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS BEING PRESERVED BY SLOW ERODING LOW CLOUDS. WARMER AIR
WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
OTHERWISE A FAIRLY QUIET AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED
FOR KANSAS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FLEET-FOOTED UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A POLAR AIRMASS TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE HEARTLAND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM.
BELOW NORMAL DAYTIME HIGHS ARE EXPECTED FOR KANSAS ON FRIDAY
FOLLOWED BY A WARMER TEMPERATURES AS UPPER RIDGING QUICKLY BUILDS
OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. MODELS SHOW NEXT UPPER LEVEL WAVE
MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY-TUESDAY WHICH LOOKS TO BRING
MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. A FEW MODELS ARE
SHOWING THIS MOISTURE MAKING IT FAR ENOUGH TO THE NORTH TO GENERATE
SOME POSSIBLE RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. WARM ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
SUNDAY THROUGH MID WEEK.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1102 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
SOME LIGHT PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KS THIS EVENING. IMPACTS TO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MINIMAL, THOUGH GIVEN THE SHORT-TERM SUITE'S INABILITY TO HANDLE
COVERAGE THUS FAR, DECIDED TO TEMPO BORDERLINE MVFR VSBYS AT CNU
THROUGH 09Z. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT
ALL SITES THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD.
A SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ITS WAY THROUGH KS AND TURN
WINDS MORE WESTERLY/NORTHWESTERLY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. LLWS WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND IMPACT SITES IN CENTRAL KS BEFORE
DISSIPATING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...CDJ
AVIATION...JWK
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