Drought conditions continued across the region as rainfall remained below seasonal normals. There is some small improvement to the drought during the first week of the month, due to some areas receiving over 2 inches of rainfall.
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Drought conditions continued across the region as rainfall remained below seasonal normals. There is some small improvement to the drought during the first week of the month, due to some areas receiving over 2 inches of rainfall. But Exceptional drought (D4) or Extreme drought (D3) remained over most of southern Kansas during the month of November.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 10:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1152 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Thursday night) Issued at 206 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 As of 2:30 PM on Monday, a beautiful Halloween afternoon was ongoing with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s to near 70. These excellent conditions will continue into the evening for trick-or-treaters. Temperatures by 7:00 PM will approach 60 degrees with values in the mid-50s by 10:00 PM. Beyond that, temperatures will further cool into the mid to upper 40s by sunrise. Transitioning into Tuesday, a strong midlevel trough axis will progress into the Pacific northwest, resulting in the development of a lee surface trough across the High Plains. With the return of southerly low-level flow, afternoon temperatures will surge into the upper 70s to near 80. Afternoon wind gusts will approach 30 MPH, especially northwest of the Kansas Turnpike. As the midlevel trough axis progresses eastward into Wednesday, the surface pressure gradient will further strengthen resulting in southerly wind gusts of 35-40 MPH. A weak lead, shortwave trough may increase midlevel cloud cover a bit, keeping temperatures in the mid 70s. An active weather pattern looks to begin Thursday into the weekend with the approaching midlevel trough axis. By late Thursday afternoon, a sharpening dryline looks to develop from the TX Panhandle into western KS. The 12Z suite of guidance develops, at least, scattered thunderstorm along the dryline. This initial development is likely to be well-west of the forecast area. As the evening progresses, increasing midlevel height falls and a strengthening LLJ should foster additional development and upscale growth into an MCS. This MCS is likely to progress across the forecast area from northwest to southeast after 10:00 PM Thursday. The strong low-level wind profile will likely support a damaging wind threat with the strongest thunderstorms. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Monday) Issued at 206 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 Transitioning into Friday, the frontal zone looks to stall in the forecast area. Continued midlevel ascent with the approaching trough axis/low will result in additional showers and thunderstorms. The biggest uncertainty in the forecast period revolves around the evolution of the midlevel trough/low late Friday into Saturday. The majority of the 12Z suite closes off the midlevel trough into a low and ejects the low from the TX Panhandle into eastern KS/western MO. The main exception to that is the 12Z EC, which has a progressive trough that doesn't develop a closed-low. As a result, little to no rainfall would occur Saturday. Even with a more- progressive trough axis, widespread rain amounts exceeding 1 inch are still likely Thursday night through Saturday. Trends will need to be monitored through the coming days. Otherwise, another midlevel trough axis looks to approach the Plains late next weekend into next week and could bring another chance for precipitation. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday night) Issued at 1147 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 VFR conditions will continue to dominate the region for this TAF period. Winds will be the only potential issue with gusty winds expected for much of tomorrow. KCNU will likely be the only terminal not see the higher winds. KRSL, KGBD and KSLN may hold on to their higher winds during the night tomorrow night after 00Z. Some models hint at some LLWS developing for the western terminals but other are indicating mixing will remain keep the gusty at the surface. As such, kept the LLWS out of the TAF at this time. Metzger && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 206 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 Strong southerly winds will overlap with warm temperatures and reduced humidity Tuesday through Thursday. The overlap of these elements will set the stage for very high fire danger across the area each afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 47 78 53 76 / 0 0 0 0 Hutchinson 45 78 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 Newton 46 77 53 75 / 0 0 0 0 ElDorado 46 77 52 74 / 0 0 0 0 Winfield-KWLD 46 79 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 Russell 43 80 53 79 / 0 0 0 0 Great Bend 44 78 53 78 / 0 0 0 0 Salina 46 80 54 77 / 0 0 0 0 McPherson 45 78 52 75 / 0 0 0 0 Coffeyville 45 78 51 76 / 0 0 0 0 Chanute 46 78 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 Iola 44 77 51 75 / 0 0 0 0 Parsons-KPPF 46 78 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...BMB LONG TERM...BMB AVIATION...Metzger FIRE WEATHER...BMB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 426 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-012130- Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette- 426 PM CDT Mon Oct 31 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Very high fire danger is expected Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons across the entire area. In addition, severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening into Thursday night. The primary concern looks to be damaging winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
22 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement to Extreme Drought (D3) for some locations during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement to Extreme drought (D3) for northern sections of the county, during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county. There was some minor improvement during the beginning of the month due to some above normal rainfall.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the northern half of the county, with Exceptional Drought (D4) across the southern half of the county, there was some improvement to northeastern sections of the county, to Severe drought (D2), during the beginning of the month, due to some above normal rainfall.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the northern half of the county, with Exceptional Drought (D4) across the southern half of the county. There was some improvement to the drought for northern sections of the county to Severe Drought (D2) due to above normal rainfall during the beginning of the month.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the county, with Exceptional drought (D4) over the southern half of the county.
Exceptional drought (D4) improved to Severe Drought (D3) during the early portion of the month, as above normal rainfall fell across the county. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita was 1.59 inches above normal for the month.
Extreme (D3) to Exceptional drought (D4) improved to to Severe drought (D2) early in the month, due to above normal rainfall.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the entire county due to continued below normal rainfall.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the entire county due to continued well below normal rainfall.
Extreme drought (D3) continued across the entire county due to continued below normal rainfall.
Extreme Drought (D3) continued across the southwestern half of the county, due to continued below normal rainfall. Severe drought (D2) was found elsewhere.
Above normal rainfall early in the month led to the Extreme drought (D3) improving to Severe drought (D2).
Above normal rainfall early in the month led to the Extreme drought (D3) improving to Severe drought (D2).
Above normal rainfall early in the month led to the Severe drought (D2) improving to Moderate drought (D1).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, November 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1067454, 1067455, 1067456, 1067457, 1067458, 1067459, 1067460, 1067461, 1067462, 1067463, 1067464, 1067465, 1067466, 1067467, 1067468, 1067469, 1067470, 1067471, 1067472, 1067473, 1067474, 1067475.