An Enhanced Risk of severe weather covers the eastern third of Kansas, including the Wichita metro this afternoon.
In addition to the threat of large hail to golf ball size and damaging winds of 70 mph, tornadoes will be a concern. One or two may be strong.
Storms develop from 1 to 2pm and will move quickly to the northeast. Initially, storms may be more isolated and that will allow them to develop into rotating supercells capable of all hazards.
As the afternoon progresses, storms will grow into clusters or a line. This may help to temper the tornado threat some, but any storm with any elbow room will pose a substantial threat today.
Storms move east tonight, exiting the area around 9pm.
Halloween will be dry and cool, then we bring in more substantial rain chances over the weekend!
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Jack Maney:
Wichita:
Today: Mostly cloudy, windy. 80% chance of showers and storms. Hi: 75 Wind: S 10-25
Tonight: Mostly to partly cloudy, breezy. 60% chance of showers and storms. Lo: 42 Wind: S/NW 10-20
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. Hi: 61 Wind: NW/E 5-15
Tomorrow Night: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Lo: 40 Wind: E/SE 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Fri: Hi: 67 Lo: 53 Partly to mostly cloudy, breezy. 10% chance of showers.
Sat: Hi: 65 Lo: 58 Mostly cloudy, breezy. 70% chance of showers and storms.
Sun: Hi: 70 Lo: 56 Mostly cloudy, breezy. 70% chance of showers and storms.
Mon: Hi: 67 Lo: 46 Mostly cloudy, breezy. 30% chance of showers and storms.
Tue: Hi: 60 Lo: 38 Partly cloudy. 20% chance of showers and storms.
Wed: Hi: 63 Lo: 39 Partly cloudy, breezy.
