000 AWUS83 KICT 092117 RWSICT KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-100500- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 417 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 CLEAR SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WAS A POCKET OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS CAUSING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE WICHITA, NEWTON AND HUTCHINSON AREAS. TEMPERATURES WERE ABLE TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND GENERALLY FROM A WESTERLY DIRECTION ACROSS THE AREA. A MILD NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TO THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS HOWEVER THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF KANSAS COULD SEE SOME STRATUS VERY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW, A HOT DAY CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WARMEST WEATHER WILL CONFINED TO KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO THE UPPER 80S. A BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER AS HIGHS WILL REACH ONLY THE THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. THE BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BUT CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. $$ CDB