Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
Issued by NWS Dodge City, KS
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198 FXUS63 KDDC 180546 AFDDDC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1246 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Severe thunderstorms with a wind threat mid to late Tuesday evening, west and northwest of Dodge City. - Drier forecast Wednesday and Thursday. - More storm potential over the weekend. && .UPDATE... Issued at 822 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Strong forcing for ascent has resulted in a marginally severe squall line across the western zones. Most reports we have received in Kansas have been in the 50-60 mph range. Storms do not appear to have much of a future past US 83, as limited instability wanes quickly, and weak shear becomes even weaker. Just received another report of 60 mph in Kearny county. Forcing is strong, but with instability and shear so weak, expecting a general dissipation trend over the next few hours. There will likely be some scattered showers and midlevel clouds through the overnight. Increased winds to the strongest guidance available Wednesday, with southwest winds easily gusting 30-35 mph. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 222 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Late afternoon and evening storms are expected to form across the high plains of Colorado later today. These storms should eventually bear down on the Colorado/Kansas state line in the 5 to 7 pm time frame. The storms are expected to move east and weaken as time goes forward. The pops will start out the highest across the western zones and then gradually dampen with time across central Kansas. For the SE counties, they might not see much in storm potential as the line weakens as it moves east. The boundary layer is expected to be very warm and mixed, so the formation of DCAPE is likely. The main threat with the storms are strong/damaging winds of 50+ mph. There is a 2 of 5 severe risk located across the far western counties to account for this possibility. Storms should exit the entire region towards the midnight hour, with the highest confidence of residual storms located across central Kansas. We will be between weather systems Wednesday and Thursday. This asa large low carves out across the western United States. The net result is a drier forecast for southwest Kansas with temperatures still above normal. Highs in the 90s still looks on track for the FA. Lows will be mild with a mix of 50s and 60s from west to east. The small exception to the drier forecast is mainly across the SE counties, where there is only a 15-20% of evening storms. Otherwise, it should be clear for the majority of the FA. Attention then turns to the Friday evening through the weekend time frame. This as the mentioned low start to eject out across the plains and potentially impact our weather. It should be noted that there is considerable uncertainty with the second system. This is confirmed by both the GEFS and EPS, with a wide range of QPF potential the ensemble members. To add more complexity to this, the grand ensemble does have fairly high probabilities of QPF > 0.10" over the weekend. The GEFS and EPS QPF plumes also show considerable spread over the weekend, further complicating the forecast. To summarize, there is both too much spread in both the deterministic models as well as the ensemble models to have any confidence in storm potential over the weekend. The blended approach seems to be the way to go given this uncertainty. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 1240 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024 Numerous showers and thunderstorms will affect all four terminals DDC, GCK, HYS, and LBL through 08-09Z time frame. Aviation conditions will improve after 09Z as the storm system pushes east of our southwest Kansas region. For the remainder of Wednesday, VFR flight category will prevail with winds gradually shifting from southeast to southwest in the 10 to 15 knot range. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ UPDATE...Turner DISCUSSION...Sugden AVIATION...Umscheid