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KEY MESSAGES

- Continued hot and mostly dry through the next 7 days.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 226 AM CDT Thu Sep 3 2026

A mid/upper ridge continues to dominate the weather over the region with the center of the H5 ridge located over the Ohio Valley area early this morning. Meanwhile, the low level thermal ridge was situated across the Central Plains and this is expected to persist though the upcoming week. As we move into Friday and Saturday, the mid/upper ridge is progged to retrograde and build back over the Central Plains once again. Much above normal temperatures are expected to persist across the area over the upcoming 7 days with minimal chances for meaningful precipitation. Uncertainty begins to increase as we move into the Tue-Wed timeframe. A robust shortwave trough racing eastward across southern Canada may drive a frontal boundary southward into the Central Plains. Confidence in this scenario remains fairly low at this time with considerable uncertainty in the southward extent of the effective front.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 625 AM CDT Thu Sep 3 2026

Aviation concerns will remain minimal through the next 24 hours.

A swath of mid clouds around 10K ft was impacting central Kansas where an isolated sprinkle or shower will remain possible through around 15Z before diminishing. Gusty SSW winds gusting over 25 knots at times is expected by mid-morning while lingering through the afternoon hours before gradually diminishing this evening. It will remain breezy tonight, especially across our central KS TAF sites. VFR is expected to prevail through the 24-hour period.

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT Saturday for KSZ032-033-047>053- 067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.