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Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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411 FXUS63 KICT 111815 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 115 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Widely scattered showers and storms are possible this afternoon and tonight with rain chances continuing through much of next week. - Warm again today with a brief cooldown this weekend. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 234 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 A shortwave trough moving over the Central Plains today will drive a frontal boundary southward into to the area. This boundary may become a focus for showers and storms this afternoon and tonight within a zone of low level mass convergence within the trough axis. A relatively deeply mixed pbl and associated inverted-v progged soundings would support strong/damaging winds with any storms that develop. The window for sfc-based storms may be relatively short- lived with the cap progged to weaken between 22Z-02Z. Some storms could linger into the overnight hours but pops were lowered as storm coverage is expected to be isolated or widely scattered. A mid/upper trough axis remains situated over the central CONUS on Sat before translating eastward on Sunday. This is expected to allow the sfc frontal boundary to meander over the Central and perhaps Southern Plains through the period. The boundary will likely become a focus for additional shower and thunderstorm activity, especially across southern KS through the weekend. Below normal temperatures will prevail on Sat but we may see some recovery as we move into Sunday with highs in 80s/around 90. Mon-Thu...We continue to see a weakness in the mid/upper ridge over the Central CONUS early in the week keeping a chance of showers and storms in the forecast. As we move into the middle and latter portion of the week, another shortwave trough is progged to sweep across the Northern Plains driving a frontal boundary southward over the area keeping a chance of storms in the forecast. Seasonably mild temperatures are expected on Mon and especially Tue with below normal temperatures anticipated as we move through the middle and latter portion of the upcoming week. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 1249 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 VFR conditions are expected through much of the period. A weak cold front is moving through the area, shifting winds to the northwest at 5-15 kt with occasional gusts up to 25 kt. These wind speeds will decrease to 5-12 kt by 04Z. A few storms are possible across south-central and eastern KS this afternoon and evening. Confidence remains too low for any prevailing and have maintained the PROB30 groups at ICT and CNU. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...MWM AVIATION...BRF