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FXUS63 KICT 010928
AFDICT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
328 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 322 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A WEAK MID-LEVEL BAND OF SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SOME
LIGHT SNOW AND LITTLE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...MAINLY NEAR THE
HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN HAZARD FOR THIS MORNING WILL BE
AREAS OF DENSE FREEZING FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHICH COULD CREATE A LIGHT GLAZE ON
ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.

DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF OF DRIZZLE POSSIBLY DEVELOPING MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS NORTHWARD. DAYTIME HIGHS ON MONDAY SHOULD
RISE SOME COMPARED TO SUNDAY`S HIGHS BUT VALUES WILL STILL BE
WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY MARCH...ESPECIALLY FOR THE SNOW
COVERED AREAS. CHANCES OF RAIN LOOK TO INCREASE FOR EASTERN KANSAS
ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH A FEW WEAK ELEVATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE ARCTIC COLD
FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE DAY ON
TUESDAY...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED
BY STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS. THE COLDER AIR WOULD CHANGE THE
PRECIPITATION OVER TO A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE FOR CENTRAL KANSAS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CHANCES OF LIGHT SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS JUNCTURE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LOOKING RATHER LOW FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 322 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015

OTHER THAN SOME POSSIBLE LINGERING LIGHT SNOW FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
WEDNESDAY MORNING THE BETTER CHANCES SHOULD BE FOR LOCATIONS
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. DAYTIME HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE WELL BELOW
NORMAL ESPECIALLY FOR SNOW COVER AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS.
OTHERWISE...A DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY-
SATURDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

JAKUB

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1136 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

IFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT...IMPROVING TO VFR BY MIDDAY
ON SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER JET STREAK INDUCES TRANSIENT LIFT
ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS PRIMARILY EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER SOUTHERN
KANSAS.

KED

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 322 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
DUE TO SNOW COVER BLANKETING MUCH OF THE AREA...ALONG WITH RAIN
CHANCES FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    31  20  35  34 /  20  10  20  30
HUTCHINSON      31  20  34  33 /  30  10  20  30
NEWTON          31  19  34  34 /  30  10  20  30
ELDORADO        31  20  35  34 /  20  10  20  40
WINFIELD-KWLD   31  21  36  35 /  10  10  20  40
RUSSELL         35  18  37  34 /  10  10  20  20
GREAT BEND      33  19  37  34 /  10  10  20  20
SALINA          34  20  36  33 /  20  10  20  30
MCPHERSON       32  19  35  33 /  30  10  20  30
COFFEYVILLE     32  22  37  36 /  20  10  20  60
CHANUTE         31  21  36  35 /  20  10  20  60
IOLA            31  20  36  35 /  20  10  20  60
PARSONS-KPPF    32  22  36  35 /  20  10  20  60

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR KSZ049-051>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

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