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FXUS63 KICT 021740
AFDICT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1240 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Marginal severe risk for severe storms today, early this
  morning in central Kansas and this afternoon east of the
  Kansas turnpike.

- Another chance for strong/severe storms Friday night and then
  again on Monday.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 244 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Lead convective line weakened as it moved into the Russell and
Lincoln Hill region of I-70 in central Kansas as of 07z.
Trailing line moving thru Hays area may also struggle to
maintain intensity as it runs into a bit more inhibition,
especially south of I-70. In this regard, whether convection can
develop further south into south central Kansas toward dawn is
questionable. Some of this may depend on trends in the
convection across central/southern Oklahoma. However with a
little diurnal heating by late morning into the afternoon expect
to see scattered to numerous showers/storms along the cold
front, mainly along/east of the turnpike. Moderate cape and
shear will support a few strong to marginally severe storms with
mainly wind/hail risk. Some locally heavy rainfall is possible
into early Thursday evening across southeast Kansas, especially
if the NAM/RAP are correct in a slower frontal passage and
maintaining southerly flow into/over the boundary a bit longer.
Deeper moisture only gets shunted just south of the area briefly
early on Friday before returning north during Friday afternoon
and evening, ahead of the next upper trof and associated surface
cold front. This will pose a better signal for a linear storm
mode to affect much of the forecast area as the front sweeps
southeastward late Friday night with mainly a marginal severe
wind risk. After some morning convection on Saturday, expect
mainly dry weather for Saturday afternoon with transient
shortwave ridging aloft.

Upper low will settle into the Great Basin late in the weekend
before lifting out across the Rockies and northern/central
Plains on Monday. High confidence on rather deep low level
moisture to be in place ahead of a sharpening/eastward advancing
dry-line into central Kansas during peak heating. This looks to
pose a legitimate severe risk again across the area, though
details on timing/orientation of the trof and wind fields aloft
are still questionable for pinning down storm mode, though will
no doubt be watched over the coming days.

Darmofal

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/...
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Issued at 1236 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Main aviation concern will be storms this afternoon and early
evening across southeast KS.

Cold front currently extends from southeast of KEMP to near
KWLD and is continuing to track slowly southeast. A line of
storms recently developed along the front and are nearly
stationary so far. So currently expecting storms to continue
this afternoon between KICT and KCNU with KCNU the only TAF site
expected to be affected by storms late this afternoon into the
early evening. Outside of a brief period of MVFR cigs at KSLN,
confidence is high that VFR conditions will remain at the
remaining sites. North winds will come around to the northeast
and eventually east by late tonight.
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.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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DISCUSSION...KED
AVIATION...RBL