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
1000 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA EARLIER IN THIS
MORNING MOVED NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. THIS CLOUD COVER TODAY AIDED IN KEEPING HIGHS MAINLY IN
THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO UNDER
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AFTERNOON HIGHS VARIED FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MID
90S.

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NEVADA AND WESTERN
ARIZONA OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. A
DRYLINE NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG THIS DRYLINE IN
SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THIS
DRYLINE.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST COLORADO TO NEAR 70 DEGREES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS
ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE
OF OKLAHOMA.

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