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KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-190330-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1144 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

LOW CLOUDS AND LIGHT FOG BLANKETED PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS
MORNING. IT WAS A MILD NIGHT AND THE LOWS FELL INTO THE 60S ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS.

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL MOVE EAST
ABOVE THE ROCKIES TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE, A COLD FRONT EXTENDED
FROM SOUTH DAKOTA ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO A LOW PRESSURE
CENTER IN EASTERN COLORADO. A DRY LINE EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THIS LOW
PRESSURE CENTER THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS. BOTH COLD FRONT AND DRY
LINE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY, WITH
WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THEM. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN TO FORM FROM OKLAHOMA ACROSS KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF KANSAS AND IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S IN EASTERN NEBRASKA
TO THE MID 90S IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND AROUND 100 DEGREES IN THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TO THE MID
50S ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND THE UPPER 50S IN THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES.

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