916 FXUS63 KDDC 070704 AFDDDCArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 204 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Early morning showers and storms
- Drier and warmer through the rest of the week
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 222 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
A mid level wave is currently moving across the greater region early this morning. This feature is sparking off some showers and storms across southwest Kansas. This activity will wane as the morning continues. This is our last major chance at precipitation in a while. Once again, took the cooler side of high temperature guidance with the lingering cloud cover around. Highs today should be a mix of 50s west to 60s east. Lows tonight should range from the upper 40s north to the lower 50s south.
For Wednesday, we expect shortwave ridging to develop across the Plains. This supports the notion of a dry forecast. Temperatures will start to rebound with 60s east to 70 west. Lows heading into Thursday morning will be above normal with values in the mid to upper 40s. Normal lows this time of year are in the upper 40s.
The mid level ridge starts to expand across the Plains Thursday and Friday. At the low levels, a lee troughing pattern will prevail. With the resultant WAA, expect highs to be well above normal with values firmly in the 80s for both days. Lows will be above normal as well with values in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Once again, normal temperatures for this time of year are a high of 75F and a low of 48F.
The above normal conditions looks to continue into the weekend as well. The same weather pattern with mid level ridging and low level lee troughing looks to continue. The net result is warm and dry conditions along with breezy southerly winds. Some minor good news is that even with the warmth, afternoon relative humidities do not appear to bottom out too much in terms of any major fire weather potential. It is something to watch, but dewpoints are not forecast to be particularly that low at this time in both the deterministic models as well as their ensemble counterparts.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1111 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
There is a low confidence forecast on shra/tsra through the overnight hours. Models have somewhat backed off on this potential. As a result, will continue with the PROB30 groups in the TAFs through the early morning hours. Chances of any major aviation impacts are low otherwise. LIFR/IFR cigs will continue to exist as through the morning as there is still considerable low level moisture in the atmosphere. Improvement to VFR is expected by mid to late morning as drier air eventually advects in. Winds will be N to NE 5-15 kt.
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.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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