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Wichita, Kansas – Kansas heads into the Feb 5–9 period under a milder-than-normal and largely dry weather pattern, offering a break from harsher winter conditions and limiting the risk for snow or rain statewide. With storm systems tracking well north and east of the region, temperature trends will be the primary story through the stretch.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA outlooks, above-normal temperatures are expanding across much of the central Plains as the core of colder air remains locked farther east across the Midwest and Great Lakes. This setup places Kansas on the warmer side of the temperature gradient, keeping precipitation chances low through the period…