A cold front will arrive late Wednesday driving temperatures into the teens or colder by Thursday morning. Highs by Thursday afternoon will only reach the upper teens and 20s. Light snow accumulation is possible, mainly west of the highway 283 corridor, and increasingly likely closer to the Colorado line. Equally as cold or even colder temperatures are possible Thursday night. Temperatures on Friday are expected to rebound rapidly into the 40s.

Today Sunny, with a high near 46. Wind chill values as low as zero early. Northeast wind 7 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 19. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind 7 to 11 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -7. North northeast wind 11 to 17 mph.
Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. North northeast wind 11 to 16 mph becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 47.

M.L.King Day Sunny, with a high near 52. Windy, with a north northwest wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a north wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 43. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 21. South wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 8 to 11 mph.
Wednesday Night Scattered flurries after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11.
Thursday Scattered flurries before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 21.

Today Areas of blowing dust after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 49. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 11 to 21 mph increasing to 29 to 39 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Tonight Areas of blowing dust before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 13 to 18 mph after midnight.
Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. South southwest wind 6 to 13 mph.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 55. Windy, with a north northwest wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Blustery.

Today Areas of blowing dust after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 32 to 37 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph.
Tonight Areas of blowing dust before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 8 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 46. Windy, with a northwest wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Blustery.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 42.

Today Sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 13 to 16 mph.
Tuesday Areas of blowing dust after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 17 to 27 mph increasing to 33 to 43 mph. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
Tuesday Night Areas of blowing dust before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Windy, with a northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 10 to 17 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

It will still be cool to cold today, with clouds and some patchy morning freezing fog possible. A warm front will punch northward on Friday and move north through western Kansas during the day. There is a slight chance for some light rain Friday, basically east of Highway 283. Friday will be breezy and a bit warmer, leading to a mild weekend with highs in the middle to upper 50s. Cold air will spill southward into western Kansas today behind a cold front pushing southward into Oklahoma early morning. Expect highs only up into the upper 20s across central Kansas to the 30s elsewhere. Look for lows down into the teens tonight.

Today Patchy freezing fog before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 34. South wind 5 to 14 mph.
Tonight Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. South wind 5 to 11 mph.
Friday A slight chance of rain between 8am and 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming north northwest 19 to 24 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 7 to 17 mph.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 50. West wind around 11 mph.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

 

Today Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph.
Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Wind chill values as low as 2. Light south southeast wind becoming south 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night A slight chance of freezing drizzle between 3am and 4am, then a slight chance of rain or freezing rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday A chance of rain or freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of rain between 9am and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. South southwest wind around 7 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 49.

Light west to southwesterly winds will prevail today helping to draw drier and slightly warmer air into western Kansas. Expect highs up into the upper 30s to the 40s this afternoon under mostly sunny skies.

Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Wind chill values as low as -2 early. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. North northeast wind 8 to 11 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. North northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. South wind 5 to 13 mph.
Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

 

Today: Sunny. Highs around 16. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 18 below to 28 below zero in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows around 4. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill readings 2 below to 12 below zero.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 2 below to 12 below zero in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 18. Southeast winds up to 5 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.

Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 13.

Wind Chill Advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

…DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING…

.DRY ARCTIC AIR WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL BETWEEN ZERO AND
FIVE BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT. AS WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH
SATURDAY MORNING, DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 15
BELOW ZERO AND 19 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY FOR A FEW HOURS LASTING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THIS COLD
CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…RUSH CENTER…JETMORE…
HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…
SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…
MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET
322 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST
SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST
SATURDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO 19 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO LASTING AS LATE AS NOON SATURDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS…THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTSIDE SHOULD DRESS IN
ADEQUATE CLOTHING AND MINIMIZE EXPOSURE. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30
MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND
CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
838 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

…WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY…

.COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE
AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. SNOW OR
SLEET WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
RUSH CENTER…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…
KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…ST. JOHN…
STAFFORD…HUDSON…JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…
CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…
GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…PRATT…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…
MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…
COLDWATER…PROTECTION…MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA…SUN CITY
838 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013 /738 AM MST THU NOV 21 2013/

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM
MST/ FRIDAY…

* TIMING…TODAY THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* MAIN IMPACT…FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY ON
ROADS…SIDEWALKS AND OTHER NON TREATED AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
SNOW AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE
TO SLICK CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

It was a very windy weekend. The wind gusts were especially strong on Sunday.   According to the National Weather Service Russell recorded a gust of 56 miles per hour. Great Bend and Hutchinson reported gusts of 53 mph, and Salina had wind gusts over 50 mph. No significant damage has been reported.

Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013

…QUITE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY…

.THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. FURTHERMORE, VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS
WILL MIX DOWNWARD BY 15Z TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DURING THE DAY.

TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
RUSH CENTER…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…KALVESTA…
JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…
HUDSON…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…
DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…
PRATT…HUGOTON…MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…FOWLER…
ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…PROTECTION…MEDICINE LODGE…
KIOWA…SUN CITY
214 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CST THIS EVENING…

* TIMING…STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS…SOUTH AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN AFFECT DRIVING…ESPECIALLY
HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. LOOSE…LIGHT WEIGHT
ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CAN BE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND IN THESE HIGH WIND CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTIO