14 February 2024
High pressure tracks away from the region today. Under the core of this dry system, we saw a beautiful and unseasonably warm day.
This will mark the last day in the 60s for most before a cold front clears the state later tonight.
This system will produce a few sprinkles and showers but for areas mainly East of the KSN viewing area later tonight.
We barely gain any clouds from this frontal passage. Lows tonight will be cold in the 20s and 30s.
Temperatures will be cutback Thursday, however, remaining above average for this time of year.
A stronger push of colder air comes in Friday. This will squeeze out a few rain and snow showers. The best chance will be near and north of I-70.
A rain to snow shower might also survive farther south, closer to Highway 54, before waning with the onset of drier air. Temps will also become cooler than the norm with highs in the 30s and 40s from Friday into Saturday.
South/southwesterly winds kick in on Sunday enabling a quick return to the warmth that lasts for much of next week. There is a subtle weak wave Monday that might try to produce a few sprinkles and rain showers across southern Kansas. Temps accelerate and I suspect some parts of Kansas will hit the lower 70s by next Wednesday. What goes up, must come down. Another cold front is pegged for the end of next week.
Wednesday into Thursday there is a shot for showers and possibly a few rumbles of thunder farther southeast. There will be some instability to work with and moisture tries to ramp up briefly ahead of the cold front. Temperatures will then reset closer to average into the following weekend.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman:
Wichita:
Tonight: Partly cloudy to mostly clear, breezy. Lo: 34 Wind: S/NW 10-20
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Hi: 53 Wind: NW/E 8-18
Tomorrow Night: Partly to mostly cloudy. 10% chance of rain. Lo: 34 Wind: E/NE 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Fri: Hi: 43 Lo: 21 Mostly to partly cloudy, windy. 10% chance of rain and snow.
Sat: Hi: 44 Lo: 26 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Sun: Hi: 56 Lo: 33 Mostly sunny.
Mon: Hi: 60 Lo: 35 Partly cloudy, breezy. 10% chance of rain.
Tue: Hi: 63 Lo: 39 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Wed: Hi: 68 Lo: 41 Mostly sunny.
–Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman