000 AWUS83 KICT 182206 CCA RWSICT KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-190500- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2005 ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY TOOK PLACE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON, THANKS TO WARM SOUTH WINDS. IF FACT, SEVERAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR THIS DATE. UNDER CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 85 AT TOPEKA TO 92 AT WINFIELD. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND STALL OUT NEAR THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDER AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY TOMORROW EVENING. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ALONG THIS FRONT TONIGHT, BUT IT WILL CAUSE THE WIND TO SWITCH TO THE NORTH FOLLOWED BY SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 40S BEHIND THE FRONT IN NEBRASKA, IOWA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS, WITH 50S EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOMORROW, AND HELP LIGHT UP THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE MOST FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACROSS KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES BEING THE MAIN THREATS. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 80S AND 90S, WHILE AREAS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH A FEW 50S IN CENTRAL IOWA. $$ COX