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KEY MESSAGES

- Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s this afternoon

- Precipitation chances increase starting Tuesday night with best chance Wednesday into Thursday morning

- Precipitation chances confined to central Kansas Friday with another disturbance this weekend

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1148 PM CDT Sun May 24 2026

An upper level ridge will slowly slide eastward through tomorrow with an upper level low digging into the Pacific Northwest. Lee troughing will allow breezy southelry winds to be felt across western Kansas with some high clouds present through tomorrow morning. A few afternoon thunderstorms will form across eastern Colorado this afternoon but I believe that these storms should stay out of our CWA. Highs today will reach into the upper 80s with some places reaching around 90 degrees. Lows tonight will dip into the mid 50s to around 60 degrees with highs tomorrow in the 80s.

The aforementioned upper level low will continue to dig into the western Unites states and push the upper level ridge east of the area. Pieces of energy will wrap around the periphery of this feature and eject into the central Plains. This will bring an increase in precipitation across the CWA. Precipitation chances increase starting Tuesday night with the best chance of precipitation Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning. Precipitation chances are then confined across central Kansas Thursday afternoon into Friday. Additional disturbances move through the area this weekend bringing another chance of precipitation. Future model runs will need to be watched to see what comes to fruition. Otherwise, expect an increase in cloudiness as these disturbances move through. As of now, SPC and AI models do not have very high probabilities of these storms to be severe. As for temperatures, highs will reach into the mid 70s to mid 80s Wednesday and Thursday with 80s to around 90 degrees for the remainder of the forecast. Lows will range from the upper 40s to mid 60s.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 454 AM CDT Mon May 25 2026

VFR conditions can be expected today across southwest Kansas. Southerly winds will increase into the the 15 to 25 knot range and become southeast between 18z and 21z as surface pressures fall along the lee of the rockies. Winds will then decrease to 10 to 15 knots after sunset.

DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.