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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1027 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS,
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
DAY ONE
TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO
AROUND 15 PERCENT OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL KANSAS.
VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS, AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT, AS
IT SETTLES SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHERN KANSAS, BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ERH/GHWO?WFO=ICT
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