528 FXUS63 KDDC 070540 AFDDDCArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1240 AM CDT Sun Sep 7 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Continued dry weather tonight and Sunday
- A chance of showers and storms Monday
- Rest of next week dry and warm
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 200 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025
We will be weak split flow aloft tonight and into Sunday. The net result is a dry forecast. A cloud deck will eventually erode as the day continues with mid level clouds expected tomorrow. Lows tonight will be a little cooler than what is typical with values in the low to mid 50s. A nice day is expected tomorrow a mix of 70s in the east to 80s out west.
A weak upper level wave moves across the greater region Friday. This feature make spark off some showers and storms during the day. This will be our last shot at moisture for a while. The rest of the extended period looks to feature upper level ridging based off deterministic model output as well as their ensemble counterparts. Highs will trend warmer as the business week continues. A mix of 80s to 90s looks likely for the FA across southwest Kansas as the week continues. Lows look to be in the 50s and 60s for much of the week.
Some of the long term models like the ECMWF shows an upper level wave moving across the greater region late Friday night and into Saturday morning. This may spark of showers and storms during this period. Confidence though just based off deterministic models is low. Some of the ensemble counterparts as weaker and don`t have much of a wave moving through. If this were to be the case, then a dry forecast would continues as we finish out the extended period.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/... Issued at 1240 AM CDT Sun Sep 7 2025
VFR flying conditions this TAF cycle for all terminals. Current light and variable winds will begin to increase after sunrise Sunday morning, peaking from the late morning through the afternoon out of the south at 13-17 kts gusting to 23-27 kts. After sunset, winds will weaken back to aoa 12 kts. There is an off chance for thunderstorms near GCK and LBL as well during the 21-03Z time frame, but confidence was too low to include in the TAFs.
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.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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DISCUSSION...Sugden AVIATION...Springer
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