26 February 2024
Talk about a beautiful day! Temperatures climbed into the 70s across the state, creating a spring-like feeling across the region.
Temperatures fall tonight under clear skies. Low will be in the 30s and 40s with light winds out of the south.
Temperatures tomorrow continue upwards. Highs reach into the 70s and 80s across the region with partly sunny skies. Winds pick up out of the south, helping temperatures climb.
Fire weather concerns increase as winds pick up tomorrow. Fire Weather Watches and Warnings are in place for western Kansas from noon to 6 PM on Monday. In southcentral Kansas, Fire Weather Watches are in place from noon to 8 PM on Tuesday.
Gusts will be strongest in southwest Kansas tomorrow as southwesterly winds rush into the region. We could see gusts over 40 MPH at times. Winds stay strong through Tuesday ahead of our next cold front.
Our weather pattern will change dramatically with the arrival of a boundary on Tuesday. A cold front will sink into the state, bringing in much colder air and the potential for a few snowflakes in northwest Kansas.
Spotty showers and snowshowers linger into the evening and overnight as frigid air flows into the state behind the cold front. Temperatures will drop into the teens and 20s by late Tuesday night.
We see highs fall nearly 40 degrees from Tuesday to Wednesday. But this cold snap will be short-lived, with highs steadily climbing through the second half of the week until we are sitting in the 70s by the weekend.
We stay dry behind the cold front for the rest of the week, but moisture will return by next Monday. We will continue to monitor next week’s potentially unsettled pattern.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Lucy Doll:
Wichita:
Tonight: Clear to mostly clear. Lo: 42 Wind: S 5-15
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, breezy. Hi: 79 Wind: S/SW 10-20
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy, breezy. Lo: 53 Wind: SW 8-18
Wichita Weekly
Tue: Hi: 79 Lo: 22 Partly to mostly cloudy, windy.
Wed: Hi: 42 Lo: 25 Mostly to partly cloudy, breezy.
Thu: Hi: 54 Lo: 36 Partly cloudy to mostly sunny, breezy.
Fri: Hi: 64 Lo: 45 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Sat: Hi: 73 Lo: 53 Mostly sunny.
Sun: Hi: 74 Lo: 49 Mostly sunny.
-Meteorologist Lucy Doll