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FXUS63 KGID 112334
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
634 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- NO RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.
- HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 ON
SUNDAY TO THE UPPER 90S BY FRIDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 233 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
THIS IS ABOUT AS QUIET OF A WEATHER PATTERN AS YOU WILL SEE WITH
A SIGNIFICANT 500 MB UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF 590-600DM, WHICH IS
ANOMALOUSLY HIGH EVEN FOR JULY. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL
ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND THEN
GRADUALLY RECENTER FURTHER SOUTH OVER NEBRASKA FOR MOST OF NEXT
WEEK. THIS PATTERN WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE WEEK AHEAD SO EXPECT SUNNY,
HOT, AND DRY WEATHER TO PREVAIL ALL WEEK.
FORECAST MODELS ARE INDICATING LOWER DEWPOINTS THAN WE WOULD
TYPICALLY EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR (AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS AROUND
60 LATER THIS WEEK). MODEL DEWPOINTS TODAY HAVE BEEN A BIT TOO
LOW AND AM WONDERING IF THAT MODEL BIAS WILL REMAIN THE CASE
THIS WEEK GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD CROP
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. IF OUR DEWPOINTS END UP BEING A LITTLE BIT
HIGHER, THAT WILL ALSO PUSH OUR HEAT INDEX VALUES HIGHER AS
WELL. CONSEQUENTLY, WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF OUR CURRENTLY
FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES (LOWER TO MID 90S MOST OF THE WEEK)
END UP BEING A BIT MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN CURRENTLY ADVERTISED.
AT THIS POINT GIVEN NO EXPECTED PRECIPITATION, THE MAIN FORECAST
CONCERN WILL BE MONITORING THE RISING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 625 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH VFR
CONDITIONS FORECAST. WITH SOMEWHAT SIMILAR CONDITIONS AS THE
NIGHT PREVIOUS EXPECTED, THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT PATCHY FOG
MAY RETURN IN PLACES BETWEEN 8-14Z (SUCH AS THIS PAST MORNING),
YET THE LACK OF MODEL DISCERNMENT KEEPS CONFIDENCE LOW FOR NOW
(20-30% CHANCE). WINDS WILL AGAIN BE LIGHT WITH SPEEDS MAINLY
HANGING BETWEEN 5-10KTS. WIND DIRECTIONS SHOULD KEEP THEIR
SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY ORIENTATION.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...WESELY
AVIATION...STUMP
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