26 January 2024
Another morning of mist, fog, and drizzle across Kansas. Dense Fog Advisories cover much of the state with some exceptions for northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska until noon.
Today will be another gloomy day across Kansas as rich moisture hangs around under a blanket of clouds. Fog dissipates around midday while temperatures turn a bit colder as a weak front advances into the state.
A storm system spins up over the southern plains today and brings rain to some. Unfortunately for Kansas, this system has continued to trend farther south with every new round of data, and that has reduced our chances of seeing substantial rainfall for most.
Showers begin in southwest Kansas this morning and hover along the Oklahoma state line, with a solid wave of rain for our neighbors to the south. Wichita may get clipped by some of this rain, but amounts should be fairly light.
A few snowflakes may try to mix in as this moisture wraps up tonight, but no impactful winter weather is expected. A chilly night with lows in the 20s and 30s, but today’s system will take the moisture with it and skies begin to clear overnight.
We wake up to more sunshine, and clouds continue to clear up throughout our Saturday. Highs tomorrow will be chilly in the 40s for Wichita with 50s building into western Kansas.
A sharp warming trend carries us into the weekend and persists through next week! Abundant sunshine and temperatures soaring well above normal to the 50s and lower 60s will give us a pleasant finish to what has been a very cold month.
While the next week looks mainly dry, chances of moisture may be back in the picture by next weekend, though it is still too early for the specifics.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Jack Maney:
Wichita:
Today: Cloudy. 30% chance of rain. Hi: 45 Wind: NE 5-15
Tonight: Cloudy to mostly cloudy. 20% chance of a wintry mix. Lo: 32 Wind: NE/N 5-15
Tomorrow: Mostly to partly cloudy. Hi: 44 Wind: N 8-18
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy to mostly clear. Lo: 27 Wind: N/NW 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Sun: Hi: 53 Lo: 31 Mostly sunny.
Mon: Hi: 61 Lo: 33 Mostly sunny.
Tue: Hi: 60 Lo: 35 Mostly sunny.
Wed: Hi: 55 Lo: 36 Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, breezy.
Thu: Hi: 59 Lo: 39 Partly cloudy.
Fri: Hi: 60 Lo: 40 Partly cloudy.