113  
FXUS63 KOAX 061024  
AFDOAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
524 AM CDT TUE OCT 6 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- MILD, DRY WEATHER CONTINUES WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S  
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.  
 
- A LOW (20-30%) CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
- DRY, SLIGHTLY WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 955 PM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
ANOTHER QUIET NIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH.  
QUIET PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS THE LLJ  
CONTINUES TO STREAM IN DRY AIR FROM WEST TEXAS/NEW MEXICO. A  
MID-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT WON'T DO MUCH MORE THAN  
SLIGHTLY SHIFT WINDS TO SOUTHWESTERLY TUESDAY MORNING. WE'LL SEE  
WARMER AIR BUILD IN BEHIND THIS MID-LEVEL WAVE BRINGING  
TEMPERATURES BACK UP INTO THE LOW 80S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT  
ONLY ONE DAY OF THIS WARMER WEATHER THOUGH AS A DRY COLD FRONT  
WILL PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY BRINGING  
BACK NORTHERLY WINDS AND MILDER TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON TUESDAY  
PEAK IN THE MID-TO-UPPER 70S.  
 
A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN SETS IN FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE  
WEEK KEEPING TEMPERATURES MILDER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW-TO-MID  
70S FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SHORTWAVES MAY BRING OCCASIONAL  
HIGH-LEVEL CLOUDS BUT DRY LOWER-LEVELS WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES  
LOW. NEXT LOW (20-30%) CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS IS THURSDAY  
NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WHEN A WARM FRONT MAY BRING IN SOME  
LOWER-LEVEL MOISTURE BUT MAY NOT BE A VERY NOTICEABLE AMOUNT.  
DRY AIR COULD KEEP MUCH FROM REACHING THE GROUND.  
 
THE RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST FINALLY MOVES THROUGH OVER THE  
REESTABLISHING DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. A WETTER  
PATTERN LOOKS TO SET BACK UP NEXT WEEK, CORROBORATED BY THE  
CPC'S 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 521 AM CDT TUE OCT 6 2026  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH  
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. LOW- LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL GRADUALLY  
DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING AS A 35-40 KT LOW-LEVEL JET EASES  
AT FL017. AT THE SURFACE, WINDS WILL BEING OUT OF THE SOUTH,  
GRADUALLY VEERING TO WESTERLY THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS ARE  
EXPECTED AT 8-11 KTS, THOUGH A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 18 KTS  
REMAINS POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME CALM AND  
VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...MCCOY  
AVIATION...WOOD  
 
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