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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014

THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS. AT 4 PM...THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER THEN
THROUGH HUTCHINSON TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT HIGHS
REACHED THE LOWER 60S IN MANY AREAS WHERE SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 MPH WINDS
PREVAILED. NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT...WINDS SHIFTED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST
AND GREATLY INCREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH. IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN FROM AROUND 50 TO 40 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS SINCE
NOON.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS ARDUOUS SOUTHEAST TRIP ACROSS THE REST
OF THE GREAT PLAINS TONIGHT WITH THE FRONT EXTENDING FROM ST. LOUIS TO
AROUND WICHITA FALLS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN
NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH FREEZING
DRIZZLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS WHILE LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPS OVER
MOST OF MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA WHERE THEY WILL EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX
SATURDAY MORNING. ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST
AND PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY MORNING.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 DEGREES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TO
THE UPPER 30S IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH NORTHERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS. ON
SATURDAY HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 50 ALONG THE COLORADO/KANSAS
BORDER TO THE MID 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS.

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