2 March 2024
Patchy dense fog to start the morning off, but otherwise skies have done a good job of clearing up overnight. Dense Fog Advisories will expire at 9 am.
South winds and sunshine today will bring the expected strong warmup for the afternoon. Temperatures jump into the 70s and near 80 in western Kansas as strong winds develop.
Those strong winds will fan the fire danger across western Kansas, where the air will be extremely dry.
A Fire Weather Warning is in effect for this afternoon from 12 pm to 8 PM for western Kansas and will return tomorrow afternoon to many of the same areas.
Winds get even stronger tonight, with gusts over 40 expected across much of the area as our next cold front enters the area.
Overnight lows will be milder due to the gusty winds that keep going through the night.
This front will become stationary over Kansas and keeps the winds strong into Sunday. Cooler temperatures to the north will keep the fire threat a bit lower, with another round of fire danger for areas ahead of the front tomorrow afternoon.
Highs tomorrow range from the 50s northwest to near 80 in southern Kansas.
The front finally pushes through Sunday night into Monday, bringing the fire threat down and cooling highs gradually through the week.
Temperatures keep cooling as clouds increase toward midweek. Another storm system is expected to approach around this time frame, and that will generate our next round of moisture beginning to the west late on Wednesday.
The moisture makes its way east on Thursday and brings better chances of rain to Wichita on Thursday. Cooler air takes over and keeps highs near or slightly below normal into next weekend.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Jack Maney:
Wichita:
Today: Partly cloudy to mostly sunny, breezy. Hi: 71 Wind: SE 10-20
Tonight: Mostly clear, windy. Lo: 51 Wind: SE/S 10-25
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, windy. Hi: 78 Wind: S/SW 15-30
Tomorrow night: Mostly clear, windy. Lo: 48 Wind: SW/S 10-25
Wichita Weekly
Mon: Hi: 68 Lo: 37 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Tue: Hi: 62 Lo: 39 Partly cloudy, breezy.
Wed: Hi: 60 Lo: 42 Partly to mostly cloudy, breezy. 10% chance of showers and storms.
Thu: Hi: 57 Lo: 40 Mostly cloudy, windy. 30% chance of showers and storms.
Fri: Hi: 51 Lo: 34 Mostly cloudy, windy. 10% chance of rain showers.
Sat: Hi: 54 Lo: 29 Mostly to partly cloudy.