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FXUS63 KICT 092326
AFDICT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
526 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Cooler conditions continue into Monday with a warming trend
  starting on Tuesday, persisting through the week.

- Dry conditions will persist through the work week with rain
  chances increasing over the weekend.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 215 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Currently, there is upper-level troughing stretching from the Great
Lakes to the Lower Mississippi Valley with ridging over the western
CONUS. A surface high sits over the Northern Plains with surface
ridging extending down to the Southern Plains. In our area, breezy
northerly winds persist with gusts up to 25-30 mph.

Tonight, the upper-level ridge axis will move into the Northern
Rockies and extend into the Central Great Basin. With expansive
surface high pressure moving into the Central Plains late Sunday
night, radiational cooling will lead to low temperatures in the
lower 20s with areas in central and south-central KS dropping into
the upper teens.

On Monday, the surface high will shift east, beginning the return of
southerly flow at the surface in our area. This will help warm high
temperatures into the mid to upper 40s on Monday afternoon in
central to south-central Kansas with eastern Kansas remaining in the
lower 40s.

Upper-level ridging is forecast to influence our area through
Friday, resulting in the return of above normal temperatures. Dry
conditions will prevail from Tuesday to Friday. High temperatures
will rise back into the 60s and lower 70s throughout the work week.

Long term model guidance starts to hint at a deep upper-level trough
moving into the Rockies on Saturday. This system will likely bring
increasing rain chances to the area next weekend.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 524 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

VFR conditions will prevail across central and southern Kansas
over the next 24hrs with surface high pressure building over the
area. North winds will switch around to the south late in the
day on Monday.

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.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...GC
AVIATION...CDJ