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Here is a weather briefing for mid-america.
CLEAR SKIES BECAME MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING AS A 

COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE FRONT WILL HELP 

BRING AN END TO UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA. THERE 

WERE SEVERAL NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET YESTERDAY. TWO 

OF WHICH INCLUDE 72 DEGREES FOR SALINA AND 71 DEGREES FOR WICHITA. 

WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT PREVAILED FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT SPEEDS 

OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT 

PREVAILED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY 

HIGHER GUSTS.



AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND 

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 

CAUSED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND LAST NIGHT AND 

EARLY THIS MORNING.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...WITH REPORTS 

OF TORNADOES OVER NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. WITH 

THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS STILL POSSIBLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 

WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN IOWA...AS WELL AS EXTREME 

NORTHERN MISSOURI.



AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE HEARTLAND...CHANCES 

OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR SECTIONS OF THE 

CENTRAL PLAINS.  BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT IS AN AREA OF HIGH 

PRESSURE THAT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS AND MUCH WELCOMED COOLER 

AIR TO PARTS OF MIDDLE AMERICA TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED 

TO RANGE FROM THE 60S OVER NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TO THE 70S OVER 

SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BE 

OVER AREAS OF ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA WHERE THE TEMPERATURE 

IS EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE 90S.



A FREEZE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE 

TONIGHT...AS THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30S. 

LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S ARE FORECAST OVER AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN 

KANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS.