Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 AWUS83 KTOP 240227 RWSTOP KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-241430- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 827 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 SKIES WERE A MIXTURE OF SUN AND CLOUDS ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS WERE QUITE MILD WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE 50`S AND 60`S ONCE AGAIN FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...COOLER CONDITIONS IN THE 40`S WERE OBSERVED OVER THE CENTRAL COUNTIES BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SLICE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM. THE FRONT WILL MARK A SIGNIFICANT CONTRAST IN TEMPERATURES WITH RAIN FALLING AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND SNOW BEHIND IT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONGIHT. GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO MARK THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AS THE COLD AIR RAPIDLY FILERS IN. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD CONTINUE INTO PORTIONS OF TUESDAY FOR EASTERN KANSAS...MISSOURI AND IOWA. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS BRINGING COOLER BUT SUNNY CONDITIONS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE 20`S IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TO THE 50`S IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE 40`S AND 50`S. $$ SMB