Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
043 AWUS83 KICT 122203 RWSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131015- Regional Weather Summary National Weather Service Wichita KS 503 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 A warming trend continued across Kansas under sunny skies with afternoon temperatures bringing summer like heat especially in western and northern portions of the state which reached 100 degrees. The eastern half of the state had temperatures closer to 90 degrees though. For many locations, the winds offered some relief with speeds from 10 to 25 mph and gusts near 30 mph. This evening should stay quiet weather wise in the Central Plains with most of the storm activity staying over the Northern Plains. Temperatures are forecast to drop to the mid 50s in western Nebraska to the lower 70s in most of Kansas. Mostly clear skies should prevail. Winds will range from light and variable over Nebraska to southerly at 5 to 15 mph in Kansas and Oklahoma. The century marking heat will spread further east on Thursday to cover much of Kansas and western Oklahoma. Make sure to take heat precautions especially in the afternoon with heat indices reaching 105 degrees from the south central to northeast Kansas. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are possible in northern Kansas and southern Nebraska. A front will move through resulting in southerly winds ahead of it and northerly winds behind it at speeds of 10 to 20 mph. $$