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KEY MESSAGES

- A carbon copy of weather for Friday as with Thursday

- Seasonably hot temperatures over the weekend

- A hotter business week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1111 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

A weaker 591 decameter anticyclone was located across the Great Plains earlier this evening. This feature will be the main weather driver for the next several days. Its position will gradually change location through the end of the weekend and into next week, but the net result is still the same. A dry and hot weather will continue for several days.

There is really not much to say for the weather pattern for Friday. Take Thursdays weather and repeat it for another day. Seasonably hot temperatures with values peaking from the upper 80s to near 90F for much of the area (except lower 90s across the southern zones). A diurnally driven cumulus field is expected to develop once again with heating. Winds will also diurnally increase around noon through early dusk. Lows will be near normal tonight with values ranging from the 60s in the west to the 70s in the east.

A 592 to 594 decameter anticyclone will prevail across the greater region throughout the weekend period. The net result is seasonably hot temperatures with values peaking in the mid 90s. Lows will be in the 60s to 70s, with the warmest values across the eastern zones. No storms are expected over the weekend.

Global models and their ensemble counterparts are showing the ridge to continue and actually amplify over the state for much of the business week. The strengthening ridge is also reflect in the QPF (or lack thereof in several ensemble members). This decreasing trend in storm chances is also now reflected in the NBM pops, as these values are now lower from previous runs. The net result is a continued hot and most dry weather pattern for much of next week.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 546 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026

VFR flight category for all terminals during the time period. Winds will pick up in the afternoon with gusts around 20 kts for DDC, GCK, and LBL.

DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.

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