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FXUS63 KICT 311613
AFDICT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1013 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1013 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

EARLY MORNING SOUNDING PROFILES ALONG WITH MARGINAL SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN-SLEET-
SNOW THIS MORNING...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE KS TURNPIKE. A LIGHT
DUSTING IS POSSIBLE...WITH PERHAPS A FEW TENTHS GENERALLY
ALONG/NORTH OF I-70. PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE-OVER TO
ALL RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON OR SO AS WARMER AIR ADVECTS FROM THE
SOUTH. A CHANGE-OVER TO ALL SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH
UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL/EAST-CENTRAL KS.

ADK

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

VERY LIGHT PRECIP/MAINLY RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE LAST EVENING
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND MORE RECENTLY A BIT FURTHER NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. THE SPIRIT OF THE GOING FORECAST SEEMS
TO BE ON TRACK WITH MORE PERSISTENT ISENTROPIC LIFT WITHIN A
DEEPER LAYER AND BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX TODAY RESULTING
IN MORE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE MARGINALLY
SUPPORT OF A PERIOD OF SNOW OR MIXED PRECIP EARLY THIS MORNING
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH RAIN FOR ALL AREAS INTO THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. AS COLDER AIR BEGINS TO ADVECT SOUTH LATER
TONIGHT WITH THE ASSOCIATED NORTHERN STREAM UPPER TROF...A
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR BEFORE THE BETTER
MOISTURE AND LIFT IS SHUNTED EAST OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IT
STILL APPEARS THAT RESIDENCE TIME AND RATES WILL BE LOW ENOUGH TO
ONLY SUPPORT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMS OF GENERALLY AN INCH OR
LESS...MAINLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF GREATER WICHITA. BRISK AND
OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTH WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL PREVAIL
ON SUNDAY WITH STEADY OR FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY.
CLEARING AND VERY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURE EXPECTED ON MONDAY.

DARMOFAL

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

MAIN CHANGE TO THE OUTER PERIODS WAS TO TRIM MAX TEMPERATURES
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR WEDGES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.
FRONTAL TIMING IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...THOUGH BOTH THE
ECMWF AND GFS SUPPORT FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY IN THE DAY AND
SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKS DOWN MAY BE NEEDED WITH FUTURE FORECASTS.
OTHERWISE A DECENT WARM-UP IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ON
TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE ON PRECIP CHANCES WITH THE MID-WEEK FRONT
ARE NOT HIGH...THOUGH FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
A WINTRY MIX TO SNOW WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

KED

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 539 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL
BECOME ALL RAIN AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. ANY TRANSIENT VFR WILL LIKELY BECOME MVFR/IFR BY
LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW BY
04-06Z ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTH USHERING IN NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLDER AIR. A BRIEF RAIN TO
SNOW TRANSITION MAY OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS WITH WIDESPREAD
IFR/LIFR PREVAILING THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    42  31  33  13 / 100 100  20   0
HUTCHINSON      41  28  31   9 / 100 100  20   0
NEWTON          40  29  31  10 / 100 100  20   0
ELDORADO        42  31  33  11 / 100 100  30   0
WINFIELD-KWLD   43  34  36  12 / 100 100  30   0
RUSSELL         40  24  27   9 /  90  90  10   0
GREAT BEND      40  25  29  10 /  90  90  10   0
SALINA          40  26  29   9 / 100 100  20   0
MCPHERSON       41  27  30   9 / 100 100  20   0
COFFEYVILLE     47  37  41  14 / 100 100  60   0
CHANUTE         44  35  37  11 / 100 100  60  10
IOLA            44  34  37  11 / 100 100  60  10
PARSONS-KPPF    46  36  39  12 / 100 100  60  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$