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NWS Topeka will end production of the Regional Weather Summary (RWSKS) on Dec 31st.

 

What is the Regional Weather Summary?  Please see the example below.

KANSAS STATE WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
411 AM CST Thu Dec 15 2016

.Today...Mostly sunny. Highs from the mid 20s northeast to the
upper 40s southwest.
.Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of drizzle or freezing
drizzle south central after midnight. Lows from the lower 20s
northeast to the upper 30s southwest.
.Friday...Mostly cloudy central and east. A slight chance of
freezing drizzle and drizzle in the morning, then drizzle in the
afternoon. Partly to mostly cloudy west. Highs from the mid 30s
far northeast to the lower 70s far southwest.
.Friday Night...Turning colder. CLoudy. A slight chance of drizzle
and freezing drizzle north central, northeast and east central. A
chance of freezing rain during the evening northwest, then light
snow after midnight. Lows from around 2 above northwest to the
lower 30s southeast.

Alternative sources of weather information for the state of Kansas can be found at https://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/kansas.php

Another source of weather information for the state of Kansas can be found at https://digital.weather.gov/?zoom=7&lat=38.54138&lon=-98.43358&layers=00BFFFTTFTT&region=0&element=0&mxmz=false  

For traditional text weather forecasts please visit our Kansas webpages at https://www.weather.gov/

Finally, there is another method of generating a text weather forecast for a user defined area of the state.  To check this out visit http://www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/udaf/area/?site=top  

If you have any questions please contact chad.omitt@noaa.gov