Area Forecast Discussion
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662 FXUS63 KICT 110355 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1055 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Warm temperatures return this week, with a slight chance of a shower or two Tuesday morning in north central KS. - Upper 90s to lower 100s possible on Thursday. - Slight chances for showers and storms later this week into the weekend. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 235 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 TONIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY... Current water vapor imagery shows an upper level ridge settling in over the High Plains and bringing northwesterly flow aloft to central and eastern Kansas. This quiet pattern should hold through the rest of today and into tonight as a weak shortwave rolls in off the High Plains and into northern Kansas. Coverage of this latest opportunity for precipitation is expected to be very limited and is not expected to be severe. Otherwise, look for high temperatures tomorrow and Wednesday to approach 90 degrees for much of the region. THURSDAY THRU MONDAY... Above average temperatures are expected across the area on Thursday with widespread highs in the upper 90s to near 100 expected. Opportunities for rain return on Friday as a frontal boundary approaching from Nebraska stalls over central Kansas. The next opportunity for storms returns quickly by Saturday afternoon as a weak upper-level shortwave arrives from the southwest. Deterministic model guidance generally agrees on the timing and weak magnitude of this wave. Thus, the relatively-weak deep-layer shear (20-30 kts) progged for this event is likely to limit the probability of widespread severe storms. Given modest instability over Kansas, however, the strongest storms may still be capable of producing damaging winds and severe hail. Otherwise, look for widespread highs in the middle to upper 90s to settle in through the weekend into the beginning of next week. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/...
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Issued at 1050 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 Aviation concerns are expected to remain minimal through the next 24 hours. Storms are expected to continue across central Nebraska with some of this activity possibly making it into NW KS. However, still confident that it will not make it into our forecast area. So VFR conditions are likely through this TAF period with light south and southeast winds.
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&& .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...JK AVIATION...RBL