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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
423 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014

TODAY WAS A FABULOUS DAY FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS
THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
WERE LIGHT TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 MPH. THERE WERE A
FEW HIGH CLOUDS...OTHERWISE THE SKIES WERE FILLED WITH SUNSHINE.

A QUIET DAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A QUIET EVENING FOR MOST OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES OF RAIN OR A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR EXTREME WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL TO THE MID 30S IN NEBRASKA AND EASTERN
COLORADO...WHILE KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI DROP TO THE LOW TO MID
40S. WINDS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY AT 5 TO
10 MPH.

THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR AND CHANCES
FOR RAIN...SNOW OR A MIX OF THE TWO ON TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NEBRASKA COULD SEE A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF
SNOW. THERE WILL BE A DEFINITE CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURES IN MANY
AREAS WITH HIGHS AROUND 40 DEGREES IN NEBRASKA AND NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO. KANSAS IS FORECASTED TO HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID 50S IN THE
NORTHWEST TO THE MID 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST. SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
OKLAHOMA ARE ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A DAY NEAR 80 DEGREES. BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AND RACING TO SPEEDS OF
20 TO 35 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS MOST OF KANSAS AND
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. PLEASE CHECK YOUR LOCAL FORECAST FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

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VP