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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT.  LOCALLY
DENSE FOG DEVELOPED SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.  VISIBILITIES HAD IMPROVED BY MID MORNING.  A BAND OF LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS MOVED EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
EARLY THIS MORNING, HOWEVER THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION.  LOW
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 52 DEGREES AT ELKHART TO 58 DEGREES AT
GOODLAND.

AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST OUT OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON, A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE
WESTERN PLAINS TONIGHT.  A SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN THE LEE OF
THE ROCKIES.  TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST
OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST.  A
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.  WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE FAR WESTERN HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND COULD MAKE IT INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S IN
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TO THE MID 90S IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO AND THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM AROUND 50 IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO THE MID 60S IN CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.

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LEE