281 AWUS43 KDDC 040215 AWSDDC AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A CLOUDY SKY PREVAILED OVER SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN TO NEARLY HALF AN INCH FELL FROM MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 50S WEST OF THE FRONT AND IN THE LOWER 70S EAST. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 49 DEGREES AT ELKHART TO 72 DEGREES AT MEDICINE LODGE. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT TODAY. RAINFALL REPORTS RANGED ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH. LAWRENCE DID RECEIVE OVER AN INCH /1.11/ OF RAIN TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 46 DEGREES AT GOODLAND TO 84 DEGREES AT PARSONS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME STATIONARY. A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON FRIDAY. UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL EJECT EASTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SNOW MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S IN SNOW COVERED SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 70S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. LEE  281 AWUS43 KDDC 040215 AWSDDC AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A CLOUDY SKY PREVAILED OVER SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN TO NEARLY HALF AN INCH FELL FROM MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 50S WEST OF THE FRONT AND IN THE LOWER 70S EAST. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 49 DEGREES AT ELKHART TO 72 DEGREES AT MEDICINE LODGE. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT TODAY. RAINFALL REPORTS RANGED ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH. LAWRENCE DID RECEIVE OVER AN INCH /1.11/ OF RAIN TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 46 DEGREES AT GOODLAND TO 84 DEGREES AT PARSONS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME STATIONARY. A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON FRIDAY. UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL EJECT EASTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SNOW MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S IN SNOW COVERED SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING TO THE UPPER 70S IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. LEE