Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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659 FXUS63 KICT 021805 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1205 PM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... - A quiet and dry weather pattern will persist for several days across central and southern Kansas. - Cold wind chills will affect the entire region for late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning as another polar airmass sinks southward. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 200 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 South winds return and sunny skies will help warm temperatures up today as surface high pressure pushes east of Kansas. Models are in good agreement with another surge of polar air sinking southward from the northern plains and spreading into Kansas on Wednesday/Wednesday night. This surge of colder air will also be accompanied by increasing north winds during the day on Wednesday. The combination of polar air and north winds will drop wind chill readings to near zero degrees over central Kansas for Thursday morning, with all other areas dropping in the single digits. A dry and quiet weather pattern looks to persist for several days as a upper level northwest flow regime becomes well established thus keeping moisture shoved well south of Kansas. Temperatures will gradually warm for Friday and Saturday followed by another push of colder air on Sunday. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1157 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025 A cold front will move south across the region late tonight through Wednesday, with gusty north-northeast winds in its wake, along with MVFR ceilings. Additionally, could see some patchy light snow flurries later tonight into early Wednesday for the GBD-RSL-SLN TAF sites. Thinking any snow will remain very light due to high cloud bases and weak lift, and absolutely no accumulation is expected. Consequently, did not included mention in the 18z routine TAFs at this time. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...CDJ AVIATION...ADK