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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE HIGH PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
230 PM MDT WED OCT 20 2004

WIDE-SPREAD MORNING FOG AFTER DAYBREAK LED TO  WIDE-SPREAD
VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS.  CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WERE
SLOW TO BURN OFF AT LOCATIONS EAST OF THE COLORADO-KANSAS STATE
LINE. A BRISK SOUTHEAST SURFACE WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH PRODUCED WEAK
UPSLOPE FLOW WHICH ENHANCED THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES BY
1 PM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EASTERN COLORADO WHERE THE SUN WAS SEEN...
WERE BELOW NORMAL DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS AND LINGERING
PATCHY FOG. 1 PM MDT (2 PM CDT)...AREA TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM A LOW
OF 48 AT NORTON KS TO A HIGH OF 69 AT FLAGLER CO. MOST TEMPERATURES
WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 60S OVER EASTERN
COLORADO.

OUTLOOK... WEATHER ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON
THE MILD SIDE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS WITH HIGHS AND LOWS NEAR NORMAL...
BEFORE A COLD FRONT PASSES OVERNIGHT THURSDAY/FRIDAY AND BRINGS
COOLER AIR IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE THE MILD TREND OF OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES...WITH
LOWS ABOUT TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THIS
MID OCTOBER WARMUP WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. A RIDGE OF UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL CREATE A STRONG SOUTH
WIND BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. SOME RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT BRINGS
TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS.

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PAINTER