Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...FCST NUMBERS BELOW
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
342 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

VERY HOT TEMPS LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY THUS KEEPING OUR
TRIPLE DIGIT STREAK ALIVE FOR A POSSIBLE 10 STRAIGHT DAYS. A COLD
FRNT WILL TRY AND SNAP THIS HOT STREAK EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND ALSO
GIVE MUCH OF THE REGION A DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN.

TNGHT
WATER VAPOR CURRENTLY SHOWS WEAK UPPER LOW MOVING INTO W TX WHICH
WILL TAKE UPPER SUPPORT SOUTHWARD ALONG WITH IT...HOWEVER THIS
MORNINGS CONVECTION OVER S CENTRL LEFT A BNDY IN PLACE WHICH COULD
SPARK SOME RE-DEVELOPMENT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THUS WILL CARRY
20 POPS DURING THE EVENING TIME FRAME IN SOUTHERN KS.

SAT-SUN
COOLER AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER NEBR AND IOWA LOOKS TO REMAIN
NORTH OF OUR AREA WHICH WAS ADVERTISED TO GIVE US SOME SOME
RELIEF...THEREFORE THE HOT TEMP SAGA LOOKS TO CONTINUE THRU THE
WEEKEND WITH HIGHS REMAINING IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR MOST AREAS.
DRY WX SHOULD ALSO RESULT WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTER CAMPING OUT OVER
KS.

MON
ONE MORE HOT DAY TO GO THIS PERIOD AS TEMPS REACH THE TOASTY TRIPLE
DIGITS AGAIN. SFC FRNT WILL MAKE ITS TREK SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER
PLAINS DURING THE DAY AND SHOULD REACH NW KANSAS LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON. STORM DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD BET ALONG THE
FRNT AS CONVERGENCE IS FAIRLY STRONG. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRY AND
SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT. CURRENT POPS LOOK PRETTY
GOOD AND WILL NOT ALTER THEM MUCH.

EXTENDED: TUES-FRI
COOLER TEMPS ON THE WAY FOR THE CENTRL PLAINS WITH PRECIP CHANCES
CONTINUING ON TUES FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND S OF THE FRNT. WILL KEEP
BROAD BRUSH 20 POPS GOING FOR TUES UNTIL FRNTL POSITION CAN BE
BETTER DIAGNOSED WITH LATER MODEL RUNS...OTHERWISE THINGS LOOK TO
DRY OUT WITH TEMPS COOLING BACK. IF FRNT SLOWS DOWN AND DOES NOT
PUSH THRU THE CWA ON TUESDAY TEMPS WILL HAVE TO BE RAISED SOME FOR
AREAS ALONG AND S OF THE FRNT. MODELS ARE ADVERTISING A COOLER
AIRMASS SETTLING OVER KS ON WED/THUR WITH TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE
80S. WILL NOT GO THAT COOL AT THIS JUNCTURE BUT RATHER START A
DOWNWARD TREND TO TEMPS AND LOWER THEM INTO LOWER 90S. WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LATER SHIFTS DROP THEM INTO THE 80S
ESPECIALLY IF MODELS KEEP SUGGESTING THIS COOLER AIRMASS VENTURING
SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE FRNT. HIGH TEMPS LOOK TO WARM BACK UP COME FRI.

FCSTID = 15/JAKUB
ICT   72 102  71 102 /  20   5   5   5
HUT   71 102  71 103 /  20   5   5   5
EWK   71 101  71 102 /  10   5   5   5
EQA   71 100  71 101 /  20   5   5   5
WLD   72 101  72 101 /  20   5   5   5
RSL   69 103  70 103 /  10   5   5   5
GBD   71 103  72 104 /  20   5   5   5
SLN   73 103  71 104 /  10   5   5   5
MPR   71 101  71 102 /  10   5   5   5
CFV   71  99  72  99 /  10   5   5   5
CNU   70  98  71  99 /  10   5   5   5
K88   69  98  71  98 /  10   5   5   5
.ICT...
KS...NONE.

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-231030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1135 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM,
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 400.  THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP AROUND 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED, SO NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT SLICES THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT,
DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

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