696  
FXUS63 KGLD 100659  
AFDGLD  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
1259 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING, MAINLY IN NORTHWESTERN  
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.  
 
- WARM THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES  
GENERALLY IN THE 80S AND MAYBE SOME LOW 90S.  
 
- POTENTIAL FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION  
OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1258 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
WE ARE MONITORING AN AREA OF PATCHY TO DENSE FOG STRETCHING ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND THE  
COLORADO BORDER THIS MORNING. SO FAR AS OF 12 AM MDT, CONDITIONS IN  
THE GOODLAND COUNTY WARNING AREA HAVE REMAINED CLEAR WITH A FEW  
AREAS OF PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE AREA  
AND STRETCHING INTO SHERMAN COUNTY. MAJORITY OF THE AREA HAS A  
CHANCE FOR PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR DENSE FOG  
GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE  
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE GREAT  
PLAINS THROUGH SATURDAY, ADVECTING DRY INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA AFTER  
THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY  
TODAY. WITH THE MOISTURE DECREASING, THE FOG AND/OR STRATUS IS  
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AROUND 8-9 AM MDT.  
 
ONCE THE FOG CLEARS OUT, CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM  
WEST TO EAST KEEPING TEMPERATURES MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO  
LOWER 80S. AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE BENEATH  
THE UPPER RIDGE TODAY, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY  
WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE. ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE COULD SURGE  
ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINING CHANCES  
FOR RAIN FOR THE THOSE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AREA ALONG THE  
COLORAD-KANSAS BORDER WHILE SLIDING EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG THE  
NEBRASKA BORDER TONIGHT. GIVEN THE OVERALL PATTERN, LACK OF FORCING,  
AND WEAK FLOW, RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30%. SHOULD  
WE HAVE ANY SHOWERS DEVELOP, THEY SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY SUNRISE ON  
SATURDAY. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG  
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER EAST-CENTRAL COLORADO GIVEN THE MOISTURE  
ADVECTING ACROSS THE AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE  
MID 50S TO LOWER 60S TONIGHT.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 114 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2025  
 
FOR THE WEEKEND, AN UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE  
WESTERN UNITED STATES AND SWING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS IS  
FORECAST TO HELP DEVELOP THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONT  
RANGE SATURDAY, AND THEN PUSH IT THROUGH THE AREA AS A LOW/COLD  
FRONT ON SUNDAY. WITH THE PASSAGE LIKELY TO BE DURING THE  
AFTERNOON/EVENING ON SUNDAY, TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM INTO THE 80S  
AND MAYBE THE LOW 90S BOTH DAYS. WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH,  
WINDS SHOULD BE STRONGER AROUND 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.  
WHILE BREEZY, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THESE WINDS WOULD PRODUCE MUCH  
BLOWING DUST OR ANY ASSOCIATED HAZARDS. FROM THE PRECIPITATION SIDE  
OF THINGS, THERE WILL BE SOME CHANCES WITH THE LOW AND FRONT IN THE  
AREA. HOWEVER, THE MOISTURE CONTENT AT ANY PARTICULAR LEVEL DOESN'T  
LOOK TO BE ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. SO FOR  
NOW, A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LOW IMPACTS REMAINS THE FORECAST.  
 
TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, WE START UNDER UPPER LEVEL  
TROUGHING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR  
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S. WE MAY HAVE A FEW CHANCE FOR  
PRECIPITATION WITH MOISTURE STILL FORECAST TO TRY AND STREAM IN FROM  
THE SOUTHWEST. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES, A RIDGE IS FORECAST TO  
REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. AS IT DOES SO, IT WILL  
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM CLOSER TO THE 70S AND 80S WHILE ALSO  
LOWERING OUR CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1119 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2025  
 
AS OF 11 AM MDT, PATCHY FOG IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE  
KMCK AND KGLD TERMINALS, PRODUCING MVFR CONDITIONS ALREADY AT  
THE FORMER. GLD IS THEN FORECAST TO SEE VISIBILITIES DECREASE TO  
SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AROUND 07-09Z. PREVIOUS THINKING THAT DENSE  
FOG IS MOST LIKELY AT GLD THAN MCK REMAINS ON TRACK. ANY  
FOG/STRATUS IS FORECAST TO END AROUND 12-14Z FOR BOTH TERMINALS.  
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME  
SOUTHEASTERLY. BY 21-23Z, WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME BREEZY  
WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS FOR GLD AND 20 KTS FOR KMCK.  
 

 
   
GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
KS...NONE.  
CO...NONE.  
NE...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...KMK  
LONG TERM...KAK  
AVIATION...KMK  
 
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