Mont Bleau Snow Report

538 FXUS63 KICT 020815 AFDICT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 315 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - A few lingering showers and clouds will gradually clear through the morning hours. - Dry week ahead with seasonably mild temperatures. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 311 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026 Currently, the trough axis extends across the forecast area with weak ridging focused over the Southeast US and the Desert Southwest. At the surface, the frontal boundary that brought us cooler temperatures and breezy northerly winds is drape across southern Missouri and into Oklahoma. High pressure is centered over the Northern Plains and is building south. Dense low clouds and spotty showers linger across much of the forecast area early this morning. This activity will continue to clear out from the northwest as a much drier airmass filter in behind the front. Mostly clear conditions are expected for the majority of the forecast area by lunchtime. Winds will remain breezy out of the northeast, and temperatures are only expected to warm into the upper 60s to lower 70s areawide this afternoon. Temperatures are expected to remain below normal through Saturday as we remain under the influence of the post frontal airmass. Ridging will begin to try to build into the area this weekend, allowing temperatures to rebound towards normal by Sunday. However, a weak shortwave will traverse the northern tier of the country, dragging a frontal boundary across the central US late on Sunday. This will help to maintain near normal temperatures through Monday. Then as ridging build in from the west by mid week, and especially later in the week, temperatures will warm back above normal. Highs for Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to reach into the lower 80s across the region. Then, middle to upper 80s are expected by the end of the forecast period. Near zero precip chances are expected after this morning through the end of the forecast period. Upper level northwesterly flow and a much drier air mass will dominate through the forecast time frame. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 1219 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026 MVFR ceilings remain across all terminal sites except RSL. These ceilings will continue to lift during the overnight hours, likely becoming VFR between 08z-11z. Breezy northerly winds at ICT and HUT will start to diminish towards 12z, then northerly to northeasterly winds around 10 kts will persist at all sites through the late afternoon. After 00z, northeasterly winds will decrease to around 5kts. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...AMD AVIATION...GC