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FXUS63 KTOP 060935
AFDTOP

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Topeka KS
335 AM CST Sat Dec 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A few brief/light rain showers across northeast Kansas this
evening, but otherwise a dry pattern continues through the week.

- Up and down temperatures continue. Warmest today and Tuesday,
coldest Sunday and potentially Thursday/Friday.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 334 AM CST Sat Dec 6 2025

Northwest flow continues over the Plains this morning, with broad
troughing across much of the CONUS. We`re beginning to see some
patchy fog start to develop across portions of eastern KS, in the
vicinity of a mostly decayed frontal boundary from yesterday. With
light winds and lingering boundary moisture, should see this fog
expand through sunrise. Can`t rule out needing a Dense Fog Advisory
at some point, mainly south of I-35, but for now it looks like areas
of <0.25 mile visibility will stay patchy. Any fog should mix out by
late morning as south winds pick up ahead of the next cold front,
arriving this evening. This front will be attached to an area of low
pressure trekking roughly along the KS/NE border. Most of the mid-
level lift will stay north of the surface low, so while there should
be some spotty rain showers across northeast KS, total rainfall
amounts will be a few hundredths or less.

Another surge of colder air moves in Saturday night behind the
front. Temperatures again struggle to reach freezing Sunday, and
fall into the teens for Monday morning. A more notable warming trend
takes hold after that though, as shortwave ridging builds ahead of
the next system diving down from western Canada. Temperatures climb
back into the 40s for Monday afternoon, before climbing into the 50s
for the first time in two weeks for Tuesday.

Colder temperatures look to build back in for the second half of
next week, though the magnitude of the cold remains highly
uncertain. The bulk of the uncertainty is tied to the amplitude and
position of the eastern CONUS trough, as several more notable
digging shortwaves help it retrograde back farther west. The more
amplified solutions bring the coldest air more southward, while a
more progressive and less amplified solution would keep temperatures
just slightly below average. To quantify this uncertainty, the NBM
75th-25th percentile high temperature spread is a whopping 20
degrees for Thursday and Friday. At any rate, the chilly northwest
flow will tend to limit moisture. Some low chances (<20%) for some
light snow next Thursday/Friday, but no notable precipitation
chances are on the horizon.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1050 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025

Current observations and short term forecast models
support any fog tonight staying southeast of the main TAF sites.
Still, can`t rule out some brief fog/mist developing, especially
towards KTOP in the river valley. Otherwise, VFR conditions are
expected, with increasing mid-level clouds Saturday evening.
Southerly winds increase to around 10-13 kts tomorrow, ahead of a
sharper cold front that will move through near the end of the period.

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.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...Reese
AVIATION...Reese