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FXUS63 KICT 092001
AFDICT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
302 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2000

TEMPERATURES AND PCPN CHANCES WILL REMAIN FORECAST CONCERN THIS 
AFTERNOON.  UPR LVL RIDGE REMAINS DOMINANT FEATURE THROUGH THE 
PERIOD KEEPING HOT TEMPERATURES ACRS THE AREA.  MODELS CONTINUE 
TREND OF FLATTENING RIDGE SLIGHTLY BUT NOT AS MUCH AS PREVIOUS 
RUNS.  SERIES OF S/WVS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE RIDGE 
WITH THE NGM BEING MORE PRONOUNCED WITH THESE FEATURES.  EXPECT MAIN 
AREA OF CONVECTION TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF CWA BUT WITH LOCATION 
OF STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS XTRM NWRN KANSAS THROUGH NEBRASKA WILL 
LEAVE IN MENTION OF POPS FOR MAINLY CENTRAL ZONES TMRW.  DON'T 
EXPECT A LOT OF S/SERD MOVEMENT OF BOUNDARY INTO CWA AND WILL KEEP 
POPS SLIGHT.

UPPER TEMPERATURES REMAIN CONSTANT OR RISE SOME BY 48 HRS AND WILL 
KEEP MAX TEMPS IN U90S/NR 100 SAVE FOR SERN KANSAS WHERE HIGHER 
DWPTS WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES.

IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS KEEP RIDGE ENTRENCHED OVER THE 
REGION AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.  AS HIGH BUILDS 
TO THE WEST...UPR FLOW BECOMES A LITTLE MORE NWRLY BY THE END OF THE 
WEEK BUT STILL DON'T SEEM MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   74  99  73  99 /   0  10  10   0
HUT   73  98  74  98 /   0  10  10   0
EWK   74  99  73  98 /   0  10  10   0
EQA   74  98  74  99 /   0  10  10   0
WLD   74  99  75  98 /   0  10  10   0
RSL   74 100  72  97 /   0  20  20  10
GBD   74  99  72  97 /   0  20  20  10
SLN   75 100  73  97 /   0  20  20  10
MPR   74  99  73  97 /   0  20  20  10
CFV   75  96  74  96 /   0  10  10  10
CNU   74  95  73  96 /   0  10,  10  10
K88   73  95  73  96 /   0  10  10  10

.ICT...NONE.