895
FXUS63 KGID 202341
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
641 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
- WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. THE HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON A WARMING TREND THROUGH FRIDAY THEN A
COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY.
- RAIN CHANCES INCREASE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY (UP TO AROUND
45% TO 70% CHANCE).
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 247 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS OVER THE WEST COAST WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH
OVER KANSAS. SOME RAIN SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AS A RESULT OF
INCREASED LIFT FROM THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH. WINDS ARE INCREASING OUT
OF THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH TO
THE WEST OF THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER
60S TO LOWER 70S. THE RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE (15% TO 20% CHANCE)
INTO THIS EVENING FOR MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD. WINDS WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT
WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING INTO THE 40S AND 50S.
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME MORE CENTERED OVER THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT (GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH)
WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP INTO THE 70S ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON (AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH) OUT OF THE
SOUTH WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING SLIGHTLY (BY AROUND 1 TO 3
DEGREES) FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S. THE WARMING
TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY (HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 70S
TO LOW 80S). WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE
SOUTH (GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 50 MPH).
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AS THE
UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST BEGINS TO MOVE OVER THE REGION. RAIN AND
STORM CHANCES INCREASE (UP TO AROUND 50% TO 70% CHANCE) BEGINNING ON
SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF THIS FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE IN THE 50S (ALTHOUGH
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TEMPERATURES THIS DAY).
TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY
COOLER THAN THOSE ON SUNDAY. RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE INTO MONDAY (UP
TO 30% TO 40% CHANCE). LOW TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON
SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE IN THE 40S ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS
MAY COOL INTO THE 30S (ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA).
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 636 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
CONTINUED QUIET THROUGH THE EVENING WITH ANY RAIN SHOWERS MOST
LIKELY REMAINING TO THE SOUTH. WILL HAVE SOME MID TO HIGH CLOUDS
FLOAT THROUGH, THOUGH. AROUND DAWN, COULD SEE SOME SHALLOW
GROUND FOG DEVELOP, MAINLY AT EAR, WHERE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE. LIGHT WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY BEYOND 15Z.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...SCHULDT
AVIATION...THIES
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