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FXUS63 KICT 162014
AFDICT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
314 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

A RATHER COMPLICATED SCENARIO IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS FROM NEAR KHUT EXTENDING NORTH AND WEST TOWARD NORTON KANSAS
AT 2 PM CDT. CU HAS DEVELOPED ON THE COOL SIDE OF THIS OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WHILE THE OPERATIONAL ECM RAP SHOWS MINIMAL CINH WITHIN AN
AXIS OF 2000-2500 J/KG. THIS BOUNDARY MAY BECOME A FOCUS FOR DEEP
MOIST CONVECTION BY LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER DIFFUSE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
WAS SITUATED NEAR THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE WHERE WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
THE STATE LINE. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS
SURGING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WHILE HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE DOWNSTREAM OF A PV ANOMALY
TRANSLATING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE LATEST 12Z
SUITE OF MODEL DATA HAS SHIFTED THE QPF AXIS A BIT FURTHER WEST
TONIGHT...HOWEVER THIS AREA REMAINS OVERTURNED FROM DEEP MOIST CONVECTION
LAST NIGHT/EARLY TODAY. ANY ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WOULD BE STEERED TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING WHILE ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PROPAGATE SOUTHEASTWARD OFF THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN KANSAS
LATE TONIGHT WHILE MERGING WITH THE ACTIVITY DRIFTING SOUTH OUT OF
NEBRASKA. WILL MAINTAIN HIGH POPS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT WHILE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY...HOWEVER NO PLANS TO
REMOVE THE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME GIVEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN
2-3 INCHES A FEW LOCATIONS.

MAINTAINED POPS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON ON MONDAY WITH SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES...HOWEVER BY LATE
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED RECOVER INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S
WITHIN A STABLE AIRMASS BEHIND THE DEPARTING MCS. THERE IS SOME
CONCERN FOR CONTINUED OVERNIGHT CONVECTION MOVING EASTWARD OFF THE
HIGH PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY
CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER BETTER CHANCES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION MAY
ARRIVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A MORE ROBUST SHORTWAVE
TROUGH MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S
AND LOW IN THE 60S. -MCGUIRE

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN
THIRD OF KANSAS ON THURSDAY AS A SHORTWAVE EXITS THE AREA. A RIDGE
OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL STAY PLANTED FOR MOST OF THIS TIME FRAME
WITHOUT A BREAKDOWN IN THE FLOW PATTERN UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND
WHEN A TROUGH MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN U.S. THERE IS MODEL
DISAGREEMENT IN THE LOCATION AND TIMING OF A WAVE AHEAD OF THE MAIN
TROUGH. THUS ANY IMPACT TO THE AREA COULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED
PRELIMINARY AT THIS TIME. THE RIDGE IN PLACE WILL HELP SET THE STAGE
FOR TEMPERATURES CLIMBING ABOVE 90 ONCE MORE. -JUANITA

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 105 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

MAIN AVIATION CONCERNS WILL BE TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF CONVECTIVE
CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TWO AREAS OF CONCERN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. INITIAL CHANCES WILL BE ALONG REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
CURRENTLY OVER CEN KS AND ANOTHER JUST NORTHWEST OF KCNU.  AFTERNOON
DIURNAL HEATING COULD LEAD TO A CHANCE OF TSRA IN AND NEAR THE KRSL
AND KCNU TAF SITES.  SO WILL WITH A VCTS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THIS CHANCE.

NEXT CONCERN WILL BE CONVECTION LATE THIS EVENING EXPECTED TO
CONGEAL INTO A COMPLEX OF TSRA OVER THE HIGH PLAINS.  THIS COMPLEX
IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH CEN AND CEN KS LATE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  SO WILL GO WITH VCTS INITIALLY AROUND
03-04Z/MON...AND GO WITH PREVAILING TSRA 06Z/MON FOR THE KRSL AND
KHUT/KICT TAFS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WILL ALSO GO
WITH SOME VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS OF 25G235KT AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH AS WELL.

KETCHAM


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    67  85  64  84 /  80  60  10  10
HUTCHINSON      67  85  63  84 /  80  50  10  10
NEWTON          67  84  63  83 /  70  50  10  10
ELDORADO        67  84  63  83 /  70  50  10  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   68  85  65  84 /  80  60  10  10
RUSSELL         65  85  61  84 /  70  20  20  10
GREAT BEND      65  86  62  84 /  70  20  20  10
SALINA          66  85  62  84 /  60  20  10  10
MCPHERSON       66  85  62  83 /  80  40  10  10
COFFEYVILLE     68  83  65  85 /  70  70  10  10
CHANUTE         68  84  63  84 /  60  70   0   0
IOLA            68  83  62  83 /  60  60   0   0
PARSONS-KPPF    68  83  64  84 /  70  70  10   0

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR KSZ071-072-094>096-098>100.

&&

$$