Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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615 FXUS63 KICT 091710 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1210 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Dry and quiet weather to prevail for today thru Saturday - Showers and storms possible for Sunday into early next week, severe weather not expected && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 204 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024 Dry and pleasant weather conditions will prevail across Kansas for today through Saturday, as surface high pressure builds over Kansas with north winds pushing drier low level air into the region. Meanwhile current early morning satellite imagery shows upper level low pressure beginning to retrograde from western South Dakota into the Rockies. Models keep this upper level system over the Rockies into Saturday before it finally moves east again for Saturday night into Sunday. This system looks to bring the next chance of rain and possible storms to the central plains for Sunday into early next week. Models show weaker flow aloft and limited instability due location of surface high pressure putting a decent blockade on the quality low-level moisture return heading into the weekend. As a result, strong to severe storm potential looks rather low across Kansas. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1210 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 VFR conditions will prevail thru the forecast valid period along with northerly component surface winds. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...CDJ AVIATION...KED