788 AWUS43 KICT 022151 AWSICT AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 450 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 CLOUDS BLANKETED THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AS SHOWERS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS HELPED TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. STRONG GUSTY WINDS BLEW AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS IN THE 30S. LATE AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT...EXTENDING FROM IOWA...THROUGH KANSAS...AND INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL HELP SPARK THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 30S ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...TO THE 40S ACROSS NORTHWESTERN IOWA. WHILE READINGS IN THE 50S AND 60S WILL BE THE NORM FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...TO MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS IOWA AND NEBRASKA...TO THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE REST OF MID AMERICA. $$ LFW  788 AWUS43 KICT 022151 AWSICT AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 450 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 CLOUDS BLANKETED THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AS SHOWERS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS HELPED TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. STRONG GUSTY WINDS BLEW AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS IN THE 30S. LATE AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT...EXTENDING FROM IOWA...THROUGH KANSAS...AND INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL HELP SPARK THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 30S ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...TO THE 40S ACROSS NORTHWESTERN IOWA. WHILE READINGS IN THE 50S AND 60S WILL BE THE NORM FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...TO MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS IOWA AND NEBRASKA...TO THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE REST OF MID AMERICA. $$ LFW