664  
FXUS63 KOAX 290837  
AFDOAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
337 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- 20-25 DEGREES COOLER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. HIGHS IN THE 60S  
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WORKWEEK.  
 
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY.  
SCATTERED OFF AND ON SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES PERSIST  
THROUGH END OF THE WORKWEEK. STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT  
EXPECTED AND PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL LARGELY BE LESS THAN  
0.25".  
 
- WARMER FOR WEEKEND AND REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. HIGHS BACK  
INTO THE 70S, DRY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 336 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
 
OVERALL TEMPS WILL TAKE A BRIEF HIT BEFORE WARMING AGAIN WITH  
MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION  
 
DUE TO THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LAST NIGHT, EASTERN NEBRASKA AND  
SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL BE ABOUT 20-25 DEGREES COOLER THAN  
YESTERDAY. HIGHS YESTERDAY WERE IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S AND TODAY  
HIGHS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. EARLY MORNING CLOUDS  
WILL GIVE WAY TO CLEAR SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WINDS WILL  
DECREASE AND BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE  
MOVES OVERHEAD.  
 
BY TOMORROW NIGHT, THE NEXT DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE  
WEST AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO  
THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO  
BE STRONG OR SEVERE. WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL  
INCREASE TOMORROW EVENING, THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION  
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TOWARDS THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON  
WEDNESDAY. THE AREA THAT HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR  
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST  
OF A LINE FROM MONONA COUNTY IOWA TO SEWARD COUNTY NEBRASKA. THE  
HIGHEST CHANCES (GREATER THAN 50%) WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME  
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. MUCH OF EASTERN  
NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY NOT SEE PRECIPITATION OF IF THEY DO, NOT  
MEANINGFUL AMOUNTS. EVEN WITH THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR  
PRECIPITATION, THE AMOUNT OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN  
0.25".  
 
OFF AND ON CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST  
THROUGH THURSDAY AND EVEN POSSIBLY INTO FRIDAY. THE NBM  
CURRENTLY KEEPS MOST OF THE AREA, ESPECIALLY EASTERN NEBRASKA  
DRY ON FRIDAY, BUT THERE IS A SIGNAL FOR PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF  
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AS IT SWINGS SOUTHEAST ACROSS  
THE FORECAST AREA.  
 
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORKWEEK WITH THE OFF  
AND ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL LARGELY BE IN THE 60S.  
 
AS THE DISTURBANCE EXITS THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY,  
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL RETURN WHICH  
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK INTO THE 70S FOR THE  
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. THE WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE A NICE  
WEEKEND, DRY WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S, LIGHT WINDS AND SUNNY  
SKIES.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1245 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
 
MVFR TAFS EARLY THIS MORNING AS LOW CLOUDS MOVE IN ARE PRESENT  
OR MOVING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD LAST  
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE SCATTERING WITH CLEAR SKIES  
EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. BREEZY  
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE TOWARDS SUNRISE AND BECOME  
NORTHERLY. BY AROUND 18Z, WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE  
AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.  
 

 
   
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NE...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...BILLINGS WRIGHT  
AVIATION...BILLINGS WRIGHT  
 
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