textproduct: Wichita

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 /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1035 PM CDT Wed Sep 2 2026

Aviation concerns will remain minimal through the next 24 hours.

Pattern is expected to remain unchanged for Thursday, with upper high pressure and lee troughing over the High Plains. This will result in gusty south winds by the afternoon, with gusts around 30-35 mph for areas along and west of I-135. Confidence remains high that VFR conditions will remain in place.

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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