Regional Weather Summary
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS THIS EVENING AS THEY CONTINUED TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST. EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO BEFORE WEAKENING AS THEY DRIFTED INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
HIGHS TODAY VARIED FROM THE MID 80S IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS TO THE
LOWER 90S IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CORNER.

AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALONG THE MISSOURI AND
ARKANSAS LINE MOVES FURTHER EAST, A WAVE FURTHER NORTH WILL SLIP
ACROSS NEBRASKA BEFORE MOVING INTO IOWA FRIDAY. SURFACE TROUGHING ON
THE LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL
CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. A
QUIET WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY BEFORE AN UNSETTLED
WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THIS, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN EASTERN COLORADO TO
THE MID 60S AROUND OKLAHOMA CITY. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM
THE LOWER 80S IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE LOWER 90S IN WESTERN
KANSAS. HOWEVER, A FEW UPPER 90S WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE.

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