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FXUS63 KICT 091102 AFDICT

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 502 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

KEY MESSAGES
* Cooler and windy today.

* Seasonably cool/less wind Sunday and milder Monday.

* Slight precip chances/mainly light rain late next week.

DISCUSSION
Issued at 155 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

Windy and seasonably cooler today as a secondary front/cold advection regime prevails under the mean longwave upper trof across the Upper Midwest/central Plains. We may approach wind advisory criteria in central Kansas, though confidence not high enough to issue headline. Diminishing winds, clearing sky and much drier air tonight should allow for colder low temperatures.
After a cold start, Sunday should be the relatively nicer weekend afternoon with modest southwest winds and seasonably cool afternoon temperatures. Even milder for Monday with highs in the 50s across central and eastern Kansas.

Modest cooling still looks to take place for the mid and latter portion of next week in advance of a closed upper low which evolves just west of the Four Corners and looks to advance slowly eastward toward/into the Plains. Slight to modest precip chances/mainly rain look reasonable, though confidence on timing of its eastward progression remains low to medium.

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AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/
Issued at 500 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

VFR conditions expected over the TAF period. Stout winds will be the main concern today. Winds are expected to start to increase this morning and remain elevated for much of the day.
The strongest NNW winds will be across central and south central KS where sustained winds of 20-26kts will gust to 30 to 35kts.
Winds will start to slowly relax this evening and turn more WNW by end of TAF period.

FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 155 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

Stronger north to northwest winds and lower humidity values this afternoon will lead to a few hours of very high grassland fire danger for locations generally along/west of I-135.

KED

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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