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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
402 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
COLD AND TRANQUIL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS LAST NIGHT. PREDAWN TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 20S
AND LOW 30S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
WARMER TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY ALONG WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL IMPACT
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION,
DRIER AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE VERY HIGH
TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RISK OVER THE REGION TODAY. NUMEROUS RED
FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN HOISTED DUE THE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING TODAY AS ANY FIRE WOULD
BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE 60S AND 70S ACROSS MIDDLE AMERICA TODAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO KANSAS
TONIGHT, WITH WIND SPEEDS DECREASING AND SWITCHING TO THE NORTH
BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM
THE COLDER 20S IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA, TO THE MIDDLE 40S IN CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.
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