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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE HIGH PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
230 PM MDT FRI SEP 19 2008

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING BECAME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON
AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE TRI STATE REGION AS MID LEVEL CUMULUS
CLOUDS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO FORM OVER FAR
WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. EARLY AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 74 DEGREES AT FLAGLER COLORADO TO 83
DEGREES AT HILL CITY KANSAS. WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

OUTLOOK... TONIGHT...THEN AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT...THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR WESTERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION. ELSEWHERE... A HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
TRANQUIL WEATHER TO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A GLANCING
BLOW FROM A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH ANY OF THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE NEAR NORMAL WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 40S
TO MID 50S. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE
ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 70S TO MID
80S AND LOWS FROM THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO
10 TO 15 MPH.

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BLM