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FXUS63 KGID 082349
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
549 PM CST THU JAN 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LOCAL AREA BY MIDNIGHT.
- UP TO A SLUSHY INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THIS
EVENING, BUT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION AT ALL AS AIR TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO
ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END BY
MIDNIGHT.
- A COUPLE OF NUISANCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES FRIDAY (MAINLY KS)
AND SATURDAY (MAINLY NORTH OF HWY 92) WITH MORE SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY. NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND PREDOMINANTLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 222 PM CST THU JAN 8 2026
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CAN BE SEEN CIRCULATING ON RADAR ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGE SHIELD OF STRATIFORM
PRECIPITATION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LOW HAS PROVIDED STEADY
LIGHT RAIN EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY, WITH A FEW
SNOWFLAKES MIXING IN AT SPOTS THE PAST HOUR OR SO. EXPECT
PRECIPITATION TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS AS COOLER AIR CONTINUES TO
ADVECT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WHILE THE
COOLER AIR ADVECTING IN ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SNOW, SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR TO ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH
AROUND MIDNIGHT, AND GIVEN THE THAWED OUT SOILS, HAVE A HARD
TIME IMAGINING MUCH ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE A FEW
BRIEF, HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION, IF THEY MATERIALIZE AT
ALL. THE NAM AND NAMNEST HAVE NOT SURPRISINGLY BACKED OFF ON
SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THEY COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH OTHER MESOSCALE MODELS SUCH AS THE HRRR, WHICH
INDICATE AROUND AN INCH OR SO OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE TRI-CITIES AREA. WHILE THIS STILL
SEEMS LIKELY TOO HIGH OF A SNOWFALL TOTAL GIVEN THE
PRECIPITATION RATE AND ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS, WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVERTISE UP TO AN INCH OF SLUSHY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH
AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE HWO.
AS THIS SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER EAST OVERNIGHT, EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO FALL BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY AS SOME PARTIAL CLEARING
IS REALIZED, WITH MORNING TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY IN THE
LOWER TO MID-20S TO START THE DAY. ALOFT, EXPECT THE SUBSEQUENT
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TO MAINLY
PASS SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY, BRINING ONLY A SMALL
CHANCE OF LIGHT PRECIP TO MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS, SLIGHTLY
OUT OF PHASE WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR REACHING THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE IN NORTHWEST FLOW COULD THEN BRING SOME VERY LIGHT
SNOW ACROSS OUR FAR NORTH (MAINLY NORTH OF HWY 92) SATURDAY,
WHICH SHOULD BE JUST A GLANCING BLOW WITH LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION. TEMPERATURES, HOWEVER, WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED,
WITH MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL START TO REBOUND
THANKS TO SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE FLOW RETURNING AND RISING
HEIGHTS ALOFT, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN ABOVE/WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES RETURNING THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT THURSDAY.
WHILE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS FORECAST TO START NEXT WEEK, A PAIR
OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD CLIP THE LOCAL AREA IN
NORTH/NORTHWEST FLOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BRINGING A BRIEF DIP
IN TEMPERATURES (ALTHOUGH STILL ABOVE NORMAL) TO THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH SOME VERY SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIP TUE/WED.
WHILE MOST ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE DRY OVER THIS PERIOD, THE
OFFICIAL BLENDED FORECAST DOES HAVE SOME SMALL POPS FOR AREAS
NORTH AND EAST OF THE NEBRASKA TRI-CITIES TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY, BUT THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER GLANCING BLOW WITH LITTLE
TO NO PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
BEYOND WEDNESDAY, NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ALOFT, WITH ADDITIONAL PASSING
DISTURBANCES LATE NEXT WEEK/WEEKEND. WHILE THESE DO NOT APPEAR
LIKE MAJOR PRECIPITATION MAKERS GIVEN THEIR TRAJECTORY AND MODEL
DATA, IT COULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF
NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO THE LOCAL AREA
STARTING AROUND THE 16TH OF THE MONTH.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 548 PM CST THU JAN 8 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
LIGHT RAIN/SNOW MIX MAY BRIEFLY TRANISITION TO ALL SNOW FOR AN
HOUR OR TWO BEFORE ENDING 02-04Z FROM W TO E. WITH THE END OF
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS FAIRLY
QUICKLY. VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD.
GUSTY N WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING, THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN
OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE N-NW TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY, WITH SPEEDS MOSTLY IN THE 8-13KT RANGE. CONFIDENCE: HIGH
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ROSSI
AVIATION...THIES
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