646 AWUS43 KDDC 030226 AWSDDC AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 926 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. BY EARLY THIS EVENING THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO JUST WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOW CLOUDS BLANKETED THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND TEMPERATURES HAD STEADILY DROPPED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE AREA, HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE REACHED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. MEDICINE LODGE TOPPED OUT AT 86 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA HAD FALLEN INTO THE 50S. THE WIND WAS ALSO STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS LOW CLOUDS SPREAD INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT, WHILE CLOUDS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT HAD FALLEN INTO THE 40S IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE 50S IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION. IN THE EASTERN PORTION TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED TO AROUND 80 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN UPPER FLOW. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THIS AREA THROUGH FRIDAY, AND WILL SEND UPPER DISTURBANCES OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT SOUTHWARD. RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO WESTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING WHERE THERE IS A WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE MID 80S IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. LEE  646 AWUS43 KDDC 030226 AWSDDC AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 926 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. BY EARLY THIS EVENING THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO JUST WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOW CLOUDS BLANKETED THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND TEMPERATURES HAD STEADILY DROPPED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE AREA, HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE REACHED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. MEDICINE LODGE TOPPED OUT AT 86 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA HAD FALLEN INTO THE 50S. THE WIND WAS ALSO STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS LOW CLOUDS SPREAD INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT, WHILE CLOUDS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT HAD FALLEN INTO THE 40S IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE 50S IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION. IN THE EASTERN PORTION TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED TO AROUND 80 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN UPPER FLOW. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THIS AREA THROUGH FRIDAY, AND WILL SEND UPPER DISTURBANCES OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT SOUTHWARD. RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO WESTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING WHERE THERE IS A WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE MID 80S IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. LEE