Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
000 AWUS83 KICT 241049 RWSICT KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-241800- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 448 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 RAIN SHOWERS...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW...AFFECTED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCATIONS THAT DID EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT SNOW ONLY PICKED-UP VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WAS SOCKED-IN WITH LOW CLOUDS AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 30S OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...TO THE MID 40S OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SUNFLOWER STATE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES TO SHIFT EAST TODAY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA WITH MOST OF THE REGION DRY BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EVEN WITH NORTHWEST WINDS...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE RATHER MILD ACROSS THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 OVER MOST OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...TO THE MID 50S OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE LOW 20S OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...TO THE LOW 30S ELSEWHERE. $$ LAWSON