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FXUS63 KDDC 121013
AFDDDC

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 AM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A gradual warming trend through the weekend.

- Minimal thunderstorm chances (20-30%) return late Friday.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 207 AM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

WV imagery indicates a northerly flow aloft prevailing across the 
Western High Plains. Near the surface, a weak lee side trough of low 
pressure remains anchored in eastern Colorado.

A relatively dry pattern is forecast to continue early in the period 
as the SREF points to a northerly flow aloft persisting across the 
Western High Plains as a closed upper low is slow to depart eastward 
through the Ark-La-Tex region. Despite a prevailing southeasterly 
upslope flow reinforcing a moist airmass across central Kansas and 
much of western Kansas with surface dewpoints up into the 60s(F), 
providing ample instability, capping and a weak unfavorable flow 
aloft will hinder precip chances early in the period. Thunderstorm 
chances (20-30%) pick up a little late Friday as weak H5 vort maxima 
begin to eject eastward out of the Colorado Rockies off a slowly 
northward building ridge axis. Despite an extremely weak field of 
westerlies aloft, ample instability combined with steepening mid-
level lapse rates will give way to diurnally driven thunderstorm 
development in eastern Colorado Friday afternoon, with storms then 
potentially drifting into western Kansas Friday evening/early 
Saturday morning. This is supported by the NBM showing a 10-20%
probability of 12-hr QPF exceeding 0.25 of an inch across west 
central Kansas, including the I-70 corridor, by daybreak Saturday
morning.

Fairly seasonal temperatures are likely today as prevailing 
southeasterlies reinforce a warmer airmass across the high plains of 
western Kansas with H85 temperatures from around 20C in central 
Kansas to well above 25C closer to the Colorado line. With the HREF 
indicating a 60-70% probability of temperatures exceeding 80F in 
south central Kansas to a better than 80% probability of nudging 
above 90F in extreme southwest Kansas, look for widespread afternoon 
highs in the 80s(F) with near 90F possible closer to the Colorado 
line. A gradual warming trend into the weekend if forecast with
highs pushing the lower/mid 90s(F) by Sunday.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/...
Issued at 507 AM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

Areas of low level stratus/patchy fog will allow IFR cigs/vsbys
to linger in vicinity of KDDC through daybreak before scattering
out/dissipating around mid-morning. Otherwise, VFR conditions are
expected to prevail through late evening. Southeast winds around
10 to 20kt through late morning are expected to gust upward of 25kt
this afternoon as a weak lee side trough of low pressure remains
anchored in eastern Colorado.

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.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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DISCUSSION...JJohnson
AVIATION...JJohnson