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FXUS63 KDDC 170539
AFDDDC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1239 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...UPDATED AVIATION SECTION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

SEVERAL AREAS OF CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OR CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THIS EVENING. ONE OF THESE WAS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA, ANOTHER OVER
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, ANOTHER OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND YET ANOTHER
OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE AREA OF CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER NORTHWEST
KANSAS WILL LIKELY GROW INTO STORMS AND AFFECT WESTERN KANSAS FIRST,
WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THEN LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THE OTHER AREAS OF
CONVECTION WILL MOVE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL KANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER AND SLOW MOVING STORM CELLS OR WHERE MULTIPLE STORMS
TRACK. LOWS TONIGHT SHOULD REACH AT LEAST AS LOW AS LAST NIGHT`S LOWS
AND PERHAPS A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER GIVEN ALL OF THE EXPECTED
OUTFLOW, WITH LOWS MAINLY BETWEEN 59 AND 63F. MONDAY WILL BE
ANOTHER DAY OF AIRMASS RECOVERY AS WE GET READY FOR THE NEXT ROUND
OF MCS ACTIVITY. WITH SOME SUNSHINE, AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD
REACH INTO THE MID TO HIGH 80S.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 353 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A GENERAL WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
PREVAILING ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
A SERIES OF H5 VORT MAXES WILL CONTINUE TO EJECT EASTWARD OUT
OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL
JET IS PROJECTED TO STREAM EAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO AND KANSAS. MEANWHILE, A
DEVELOPING SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ADVECT MOISTURE INTO
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
THE INCREASING MOISTURE COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL
DYNAMICS WILL LEAD TO LIKELY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LEE OF
THE ROCKIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH
STORMS POTENTIALLY DRIFTING INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS INTO
THE EVENING HOURS BOTH DAYS. RIDGING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD
ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY
BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY DUE TO THE
DELAYED RETURN OF WARMER AIR NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN KANSAS AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MIGRATES FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION. THE GEM, GFS, AND ECMWF SHOW H85 TEMPERATURES
RANGING FROM THE MID TO UPPER TEENS(C) ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TO NEAR
20C ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER. LOOK FOR HIGHS PRIMARILY IN THE
80S(F) TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WARMING TREND WILL THEN ENSUE WEDNESDAY
WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S(F) ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE
90S(F) IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS. MORE WIDESPREAD 90S(F) TO NEAR
100F ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1237 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS AOA100
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY THIS
MORNING SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 10 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  62  83  63  86 /  30  30  40  40
GCK  62  82  63  87 /  40  30  40  40
EHA  62  82  63  92 /  40  40  40  20
LBL  63  82  64  90 /  40  30  40  30
HYS  62  82  63  84 /  30  30  50  50
P28  64  84  66  86 /  30  30  40  50

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...FINCH
LONG TERM...JJOHNSON
AVIATION...HOVORKA_42