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KEY MESSAGES

- Hot and breezy through next week.

- An isolated storm or two can't be ruled out across central Kansas early next week, though widespread meaningful precipitation appears unlikely.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 231 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

The mid/upper ridge over the Southern Rockies is progged to translate eastward over the weekend bringing rising heights/increasing thickness and rising temperatures to the area once again. The airmass is expected to remain capped with most locations remaining dry. A small cluster of showers and thunderstorms over northwest Kansas was drifting eastward across northern Kansas along the eastern periphery of the LLJ. This activity is expected to remain north of our forecast area early in the period before dissipating. A capping inversion should preclude any storm activity this afternoon and tonight and again on Sunday. Breezy southerly winds and a deeply mixed pbl will result in lower humidity this weekend, similar to yesterday which could help boost temperatures into the 102-105 range for much of the area. As we move into Sunday night, some storm activity may develop over the high plains of western Kansas while drifting eastward Sunday night. Some of this activity could approach our central KS counties before dissipating.

Hot and breezy conditions with mostly dry weather conditions are expected to persist through much if not all of the upcoming week as the mid/upper ridge translates eastward through the middle of the week before building back into the Southern and Central Plains later in the week. A persistence type forecast is anticipated with triple digit heat and some record high temperatures possible at times.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 635 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. LLWS conditions will subside around 14Z as southerly winds increase to 15-25 kt with gustS to around 30 kt. Gusty winds may persist tonight limiting LLWS in central KS.

FIRE WEATHER

Issued at 402 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

Breezy southerly winds gusting to around 30 mph at times will combine with minimum afternoon relative humidity around 25 percent resulting in a very high grassland fire danger this afternoon and again on Sunday afternoon for parts of south central Kansas.

CLIMATE

Issued at 231 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

------------------------------------- Today ------------------------------------- Record Hi Forecast MaxT ICT 110-1984 102 SLN 106-1954 100 CNU 105-1954 99 RSL 104-1954 103 ------------------------------------- Sunday ------------------------------------- Record Hi Forecast MaxT ICT 105-1939 102 SLN 106-1939 103 CNU 103-1947 101 RSL 103-1990 104 ------------------------------------- Monday ------------------------------------- Record Hi Forecast MaxT ICT 108-2011 102 SLN 108-1922 103 CNU 106-1985 102 RSL 106-1985 102

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.