897  
FXUS63 KGID 291135  
AFDGID  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
635 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST TO  
SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING, BRINGING RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND  
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS  
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
- A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA TODAY, BRINGING SOME SLIGHTLY  
COOLER AIR TO THE REGION. THE COOLDOWN WILL BE SHORT-LIVED,  
WITH HIGHS RETURNING TO THE 90S BY MID-WEEK.  
 
- A BREAKDOWN IN THE PATTERN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WILL  
BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND INTO  
THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 408 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2025  
 
EARLY THIS MORNING, NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE,  
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF OUR AREA. THUNDERSTORM  
CHANCES (20-30%) WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF  
HWY 81 THIS MORNING. THERE IS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTHERN  
CONVECTION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH LOUP CITY AND ST.  
PAUL. THIS COULD KICK OFF A FEW ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS  
MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 80S FOR  
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80, WHERE THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO  
COME THROUGH FIRST. AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE CAN EXPECT  
TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID-80S TO MID-90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES  
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES.  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY,  
BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND  
BEHIND IT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH WINDS  
GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE.  
THE ABILITY FOR THESE STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE  
MORNING CONVECTION AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT. SHOULD THE  
PRECIPITATION HANG ON THROUGH THE MORNING AS CURRENTLY FORECAST,  
THIS COULD HELP LIMIT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR THE  
AFTERNOON/EVENING/NIGHTTIME WAVE OF STORMS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS  
STILL UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE COLD FRONT WILL BE LATER THIS  
EVENING, IMPACTING STORM CHANCES. MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN DOING A GOOD  
JOB OF COMING INTO AGREEMENT ON WHERE STORMS WILL IMPACT AND TIMING.  
THE FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE CANADIAN AND HRRR WITH THE COLD FRONT  
PROJECTED TO BE CUTTING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH  
CENTRAL KANSAS WHEN STORMS FIRE UP.  
 
SUNDAY'S COLD FRONT WILL BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT TO MANY.  
SUNDAY HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID-80S TO THE NORTH TO THE MID-90S  
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MONDAY'S FORECAST HAS HIGHS RANGING FROM  
THE MID-80S IN THE NORTH TO THE UPPER 80S IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
 
TUESDAY, THE AREA COMES UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW. DRYING CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-80S TO LOW 90S. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE  
AROUND 5-15MPH. TUESDAY EVENING/NIGHT, THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A  
FEW STORMS FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-80.  
 
THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. HEAT IS  
SET TO RETURN WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-90S. HEADING INTO FRIDAY  
AND THE WEEKEND, THE PATTERN BREAKS DOWN. A FEW DISTURBANCES ARE  
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION, BRINGING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 631 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2025  
 
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:  
 
VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT  
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND  
THE FRONT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF  
THE FORECAST PERIOD. MORNING CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO  
BE MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE TERMINALS. HOWEVER, RADAR  
IS SHOWING A POSSIBLE STORM CELL TRYING TO DEVELOP NEAR KGRI.  
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT, WITH AN  
ISOLATED THREAT FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.  
 

 
   
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NE...NONE.  
KS...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...WEKESSER  
AVIATION...WEKESSER  
 
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