Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
848 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY
BEFORE QUICKLY DISSIPATING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGER AND MORE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING ENCOUNTERED ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. IN GENERAL, HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ONLY REACHED INTO THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. HOWEVER, A FEW UPPER
70S WERE NOTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS DRIFTS OFF INTO THE
NATIONS MIDSECTION, A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST, TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE LEE SIDE OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. A CANOPY OF
CLOUDS WILL COVER THE HIGH PLAINS OVERNIGHT WITH SUNSHINE BREAKING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME, A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA TO
THE LOWER 60S IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM
THE LOWER 70S ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE MID 80S IN
THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE.
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