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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
610 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
   
..AVIATION UPDATE  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- AT LEAST SPOTTY, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE  
ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA TODAY, BUT MOSTLY  
FAVORING OUR NEBRASKA COUNTIES. THE MAJORITY OF THIS HIT-OR-  
MISS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WEAK. HOWEVER, A FEW STORMS COULD  
BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY-SEVERE (PERHAPS EVEN OUTSIDE OF  
SPC'S CURRENT OFFICIAL MARGINAL RISK AREA), CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, AND/OR WIND  
GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH.  
 
- FOLLOWING A BRIEF RESPITE FROM ANY TRULY HEIGHTENED FIRE  
WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY, OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL CONDITIONS RETURN IN  
EARNEST FOR THURSDAY FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA (CWA), AND A  
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 12-10 PM.  
UNFORTUNATELY, A FEW MORE UPCOMING DAYS COULD ALSO CONTAIN  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS (SEE SEPARATE FIRE WEATHER  
SECTION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS).  
 
- ALTHOUGH LOOKING SHORT OF ANY HIGH WIND CRITERIA, MODERATELY  
STRONG NORTHERLY GUSTS OF 40+ MPH STILL LOOK LIKELY BEHIND  
FRIDAY'S RATHER SHARP COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.  
 
- SPEAKING OF FRIDAY'S COLD FRONT, ALTHOUGH WE STILL CAN'T  
COMPLETELY DECLARE AN "ALL CLEAR" FOR ANY STRONGER  
THUNDERSTORM THREAT MAINLY FOR OUR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CWA  
FOR LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING, MODELS SEEM TO BE LOCKING  
IN AN A FASTER-VERSUS-SLOWER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, LIKELY  
"SPARING" OUR CWA FROM A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THREAT THAT  
SHOULD FOCUS AT LEAST SLIGHTLY TO OUR SOUTH/EAST.  
 
- WITH SPRING VEGETATIVE GROWTH ROUGHLY 3 WEEKS "AHEAD OF  
SCHEDULE" PER TRADITIONAL GROWING DEGREE DAY (GDD) METRICS, WE  
WILL PROBABLY NEED TO ISSUE OUR FIRST FREEZE WARNINGS AND/OR  
FROST ADVISORIES OF THE SEASON FOR SATURDAY AM AND/OR SUNDAY  
AM...FOR AT LEAST SLIGHTLY-SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES.  
 
- PEEKING JUST BEYOND OUR OFFICIAL 7-DAY FORECAST: ANOTHER  
LARGE-SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD BRING SOME RAIN CHANCES  
(GREAT NEWS) AND MAYBE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT (NOT  
GREAT, BUT FAR FROM A "SURE THING") AROUND NEXT WEDNESDAY  
(APRIL 22).  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 457 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
-- FORECAST CHANGES OF NOTE, BIG PICTURE COMMENTS, AND ANY  
ABBREVIATED LONGER-TERM FORECAST NOTES (FOR BEYOND THURSDAY):  
 
- NO TRULY MAJOR FORECAST CHANGES TO SPEAK OF VERSUS PREVIOUS  
ISSUANCE, ALTHOUGH HIGH TEMPS FOR FRIDAY HAVE COME DOWN A  
GOOD 10-ISH DEGREES (AND QUITE POSSIBLY NOT YET ENOUGH) OVER  
THE PAST 24 HOURS AS MODELS SEEM TO BE HONING IN ON A FASTER  
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.  
 
- FOR ALL OTHER LONGER-TERM-RELATED NOTES, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE  
COVERED IN "KEY MESSAGES" ABOVE, AND ALL DETAILED FIRE  
WEATHER CONCERNS ARE IN A SEPARATE "FIRE WEATHER" SECTION  
BELOW.  
 
-- FOCUS SOLELY ON THE SHORTER-TERM/NEXT 36 HOURS (THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING):  
 
- CURRENT/RECENT WEATHER SCENE AS OF 4 AM:  
LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS, AS EXPECTED THE VAST  
MAJORITY OF OUR CWA WAS SPARED ANY SEVERE STORM THREAT. HOWEVER,  
THE LATE AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING HOURS POPPED A FEW ROGUE  
STRONGER STORMS NEAR/JUST NORTH OF A SHARP FRONT BISECTING OUR  
CWA (NICKEL HAIL REPORTED IN HORDVILLE), WHILE THE LATER EVENING  
HOURS (MAINLY 10PM-MIDNIGHT) BROUGHT A LESS SURPRISING, BRIEF  
FLARE-UP OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS (INCLUDING A SLIGHTLY-ELEVATED  
SUPERCELL) TO OUR FAR SOUTHEASTERN CWA (MAINLY AFFECTING  
JEWELL/MITCHELL/THAYER COUNTIES)...WITH THESE STORMS ERUPTING  
ALONG THE NOSE OF A NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET. IN THE HOURS  
SINCE, THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS VACATED OUR FAR  
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CWA HAS BEEN DRY,  
WITH ONLY SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS/BRIEF WEAK STORMS FOCUSED MAINLY  
NORTH OF I-80.  
 
IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE MID-UPPER LEVELS, WATER VAPOR  
SATELLITE AND SHORT TERM MODEL DATA CONFIRM THAT A LARGE-SCALE  
TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED PRIMARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PUSHING  
EVER-NEAR TO US, IT'S MAIN VORTICITY MAX (SPIN) NOTED RIGHT OVER  
THE NE/KS/CO BORDER AREA. MEANWHILE, AT THE SURFACE, A ROUGHLY  
1002 MILLIBAR LOW PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY RESIDES OVER OUR  
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CWA (MITCHELL COUNTY AREA). TO IT'S NORTH  
AND NORTHWEST, NEARLY OUR ENTIRE CWA IS THUS "POST-FRONTAL",  
WITH GENERALLY NORTHERLY BREEZES SUSTAINED AT LEAST 5-15 MPH.  
UNDER A VARIED MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUDS, LOW TEMPERATURES  
ARE FORECAST TO BOTTOM OUT UPPER 40S-MID 50S ACROSS MOST OF OUR  
CWA.  
 
- TODAY-EARLY THIS EVENING (THROUGH 7-9 PM):  
ALOFT, THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH/VORT MAX CURRENTLY TO OUR  
WEST WILL TRACK EASTWARD....DIRECTLY OVERHEAD...OVER THE COURSE  
OF THE DAY, REACHING THE IA/NE/MO BORDER AREA BY SUNSET.  
MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE, THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN OUR FAR  
SOUTHEAST CWA WILL STEADILY TRACK/DEPART EAST-NORTHEASTWARD  
TODAY, REACHING CENTRAL IA BY EVENING.  
 
WITH OUR CWA POSITIONED ENTIRELY BEHIND THE DEPARTING SURFACE  
LOW TODAY (RESULTING IN GENERALLY 10-20 MPH BREEZES THROUGH MUCH  
OF THE DAY, GRADUALLY SHIFTING FROM MORE NORTHERLY TO MORE  
WESTERLY), THIS WILL CLEARLY "SPARE" US FROM THE MAIN SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM RISK WITHIN THE GREATER REGION...PARTICULARLY ANY  
TORNADO RISK...WHICH WILL FOCUS WITHIN THE PRIMARY LOW-LEVEL  
INSTABILITY/CAPE AXIS EXTENDING FROM IA/MO SOUTHWESTWARD INTO  
OK/TX. HOWEVER, WITH RESIDUAL LOW-MID LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING  
OVER OUR AREA, ALONG WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT UNDER THE HEART OF  
THE UPPER LOW PASSING OVERHEAD, THIS IS A RATHER CLASSIC SETUP  
FOR AT LEAST A FEW LINES/CLUSTERS OF ISOLATED-TO-SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND MOSTLY-WEAK THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY TRANSLATE  
ACROSS OUR CWA FROM WEST-TO-EAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY.  
WHILE WE ARE CARRYING AT LEAST SLIGHT (20%) CHANCES FOR THIS  
ACTIVITY EVERYWHERE, THE MOST CONCENTRATED COVERAGE SHOULD FOCUS  
OVER OUR NEBRASKA COUNTIES. GETTING BACK TO SEVERE POTENTIAL  
THOUGH, WHILE NOT HIGH, THESE SETUPS OFTEN YIELD A FEW STRONG TO  
PERHAPS MARGINALLY-SEVERE STORMS, AND SOMETIMES "RANDOM" FUNNEL  
CLOUDS THAT RARELY TOUCH DOWN. WHETHER WE ACTUALLY DO END UP  
SEEING A COUPLE OF ROGUE SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEPEND ON  
JUST HOW MUCH INSTABILITY/CAPE CAN BE REALIZED, WITH THE LATEST  
RAP/HRRR TENDING TO KEEP CAPE MAINLY 500 J/KG OR LESS, WHILE THE  
NAM SUGGESTS A BIT HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR CAPE TO AT LEAST  
APPROACH 1000 J/KG, WHICH WOULD YIELD A BIT GREATER POTENTIAL  
FOR A FEW STORMS WITH MAINLY A QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND PERHAPS 60  
MPH WIND THREAT. THIS POSSIBLE STRONG/MARGINALLY-SEVERE STORM  
THREAT COULD BE RATHER "RANDOM" IN AREA TODAY, AND COULD EVEN  
START AS EARLY AS MID-MORNING. OFFICIALLY, SPC HAS ONLY PAINTED  
ROUGHLY THE NORTHEAST 1/4TH OF OUR CWA IN IT'S OFFICIAL MARGINAL  
RISK ON THE INITIAL DAY 1 OUTLOOK, BUT IN ALL REALITY A ROGUE  
SEVERE STORM COULD BACK INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. IN SUMMARY:  
ALTHOUGH SPARSE IN COVERAGE, A FEW STRONG TO MAYBE MARGINALLY-  
SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT TODAY, BUT ANY SUCH THREAT  
(INCLUDING ALL RAIN CHANCES) SHOULD EXIT OUR FAR EASTERN  
COUNTIES BY NO LATER THAN 7-9 PM AS THE UPPER LOW DEPARTS.  
 
IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS TODAY: CONFIDENCE IN "EXACT" HIGH TEMPS IS  
NOT OVERLY-HIGH AND WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH CLEARING IS ABLE TO  
OCCUR UNDER THE PASSING UPPER WAVE, BUT ULTIMATELY KEPT SIMILAR  
TO PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH MOST PLACES AIMED 71-74 DEGREES.  
 
- THIS EVENING-OVERNIGHT:  
ONCE THE BACK EDGE OF ANY SHOWERS/STORMS CLEAR OUR FAR EASTERN  
ZONES BY AROUND SUNSET, CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A DRY OVERNIGHT  
UNDER CLEAR SKIES. IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE LOW PRESSURE  
DEVELOPING OVER THE DAKOTAS, OUR BREEZES WILL SWING AROUND TO  
SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY, BUT REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT ONLY AROUND 5-10  
MPH. IF WINDS END UP A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN FORECAST, WOULD NOT  
BE SURPRISED TO SEE LOW TEMPS DROP A LITTLE COLDER THAN  
FORECAST, BUT FOR NOW WE'RE CALLING FOR 40-46 MOST AREAS, WITH A  
FEW UPPER 30S POSSIBLE MAINLY IN VALLEY/DAWSON COUNTIES.  
 
- THURSDAY DAYTIME-EARLY EVENING:  
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR MAIN CONCERNS SWING RIGHT BACK TO FIRE  
WEATHER (SEE SEPARATE SECTION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS). UNDER  
PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE, SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE  
THROUGH THE DAY AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY DEEPENS TO OUR  
WEST OFF THE FRONT RANGE/HIGH PLAINS, WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS BY  
AFTERNOON COMMONLY AROUND 20 MPH/GUSTS AT LEAST 25-30 MPH. THE  
RESULTANT LOW-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BOOST HIGH TEMPS A  
GOOD 10-15 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY, WITH OUR FORECAST STILL  
AIMING FOR HIGHS MAINLY 83-86 DEGREES. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS  
WILL REMAIN ELEVATED WELL INTO THE NIGHT AS THE STRONG SURFACE  
LOW PRESSURE ARRIVES INTO WESTERN NE...JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG  
COLD FRONT POISED TO SLICE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 251 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2026  
 
TODAY...  
 
THE SPC EXPANDED THE MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER RISK AREA INTO OUR  
FORECAST AREA ALONG THE NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY RUNNING FROM  
KEARNEY TOWARDS YORK. WE HAVE SEEN VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE  
CU FIELD AROUND THE TRI-CITIES AND ARE GETTING CLOSE TO POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WE COULD SEE A FEW ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS NARROW FRONTAL ZONE WHERE MOISTURE HAS  
BEEN POOLING ALLOWING DEWPOINTS TO CLIMB TO AROUND 50F. THESE  
WILL MAINLY BE ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE  
STEEP LAPSE RATES, MODEST MUCAPE VALUES TO AROUND 1000 J/KG, AND  
VERY STRONG 0-6 KM SHEAR (65 KTS). QUARTER SIZED HAIL IS THE  
PRIMARY THREAT, BUT LARGER DCAPE VALUES OVER 1200 J/KG SUGGEST  
THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY  
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
TONIGHT...  
 
WE COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OR EVEN AN ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORM, BUT MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY STAY DRY. HOWEVER,  
THINGS COULD GET MORE INTERESTING DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY...  
 
THE LAST TWO RUNS (12Z AND 18Z) OF THE RRFS HAVE BEEN INDICATING  
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES AROUND DAWN.  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS THEN TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING,  
COULD IMPACT THE TRI-CITIES, AND EXIT OUR NORTHEASTERN FORECAST  
AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (LIKELY BEFORE 3 PM). ALTHOUGH  
OUR FORECAST AREA IS NOT CURRENTLY OUTLOOKED FOR SEVERE  
WEATHER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AREA MAY  
NEED TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SOME OF OUR NEBRASKA COUNTIES.  
THE MAIN THREAT WILL AGAIN BE HAIL AND WIND THROUGH EARLY  
AFTERNOON.  
 
BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH COOLER  
60S BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN IT FEELING NOT AS NICE  
AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT.  
 
THURSDAY...  
 
THIS IS A HIGH CONFIDENCE WARM DAY WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 80S.  
IT SHOULD BE DRY AND WE HAVE SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS, PLEASE  
SEE THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW.  
 
FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...  
 
A BIG OPEN WAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL RACE ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT  
THE TIMING IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR OUR AREA TO SEE MUCH IF ANY  
PRECIPITATION. AN EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL  
LIKELY RESULT IN FALLING TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY. OUR FORECAST  
IS PROBABLY TOO WARM AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SEE SOME  
AREAS FALLING INTO THE 40S FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN IF IT STARTS  
OUT NICE FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES, IT  
PROBABLY WON'T END VERY NICE BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT. FIRE  
WEATHER IS AGAIN A CONCERN. PLEASE SEE THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION  
BELOW.  
 
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...  
 
THE COLD WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND WE SHOULD QUICKLY SEE A WARMER  
WEATHER PATTERN RETURN AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING WESTERN UNITED  
STATES TROUGH. THAT TROUGH COULD BRING US SOME MID WEEK RAIN.  
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE AS IT'S STILL A LONG WAYS OFF.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 610 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:  
ALTHOUGH A LOW-END VFR CEILING (MAINLY AT-OR-ABOVE 3,500 FT.  
AGL) IS LIKELY AT TIMES THROUGH ESPECIALLY THESE FIRST 6-8  
HOURS, AND AT LEAST A BRIEF/FLEETING MVFR CEILING AND/OR  
VISIBILITY IS AT LEAST POSSIBLE (ANY VISIBILITY REDUCTION FROM  
RAIN SHOWERS), THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD CARRIES HIGH-  
CONFIDENCE VFR (IN FACT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES FOR THIS EVENING-  
OVERNIGHT).  
 
PRECIPITATION-WISE, A FEW PASSING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
POSSIBLE AT ALMOST ANY POINT THROUGH EARLY EVENING (THROUGH  
AROUND 00Z), BUT HAVE FOCUSED THE MOST FAVORED TIME FRAMES INTO  
PROB30 GROUPS CURRENTLY AIMED 14-20Z KEAR/15-21Z KGRI).  
ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY, A STRONGER STORM WITH HAIL UP TO AROUND THE  
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND/OR GUSTY WINDS 40+KT CANNOT BE TOTALLY  
RULED OUT.  
 
FINALLY REGARDING WINDS, ALTHOUGH BRIEF GUSTS TO 20+KT ARE  
POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON, SUSTAINED SPEEDS  
THROUGH NEARLY THE ENTIRE PERIOD SHOULD PREVAIL AT-OR-BELOW  
12KT. THERE WILL BE SOME DIRECTIONAL CHANGES...SHIFTING FROM  
NORTHERLY TO WESTERLY TODAY...THEN GOING SOMEWHAT VARIABLE THIS  
EVENING FOR A TIME BEFORE BECOMING STEADIER FROM THE SOUTH  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 447 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
ALTHOUGH SPOTTY POCKETS OF BENEFICIAL RAIN OCCURRED OVERNIGHT  
AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA  
(CWA), THE COVERAGE OF TRULY APPRECIABLE RAIN OVER THE COMING  
DAYS CONTINUES TO LOOK PRETTY LACKLUSTER. AS A RESULT, AND  
BECAUSE SPRING GREEN-UP HAS YET TO FULLY TAKE HOLD, WE CONTINUE  
TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON  
SOME UPCOMING AFTERNOONS.  
 
- THURSDAY AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING:  
FOLLOWING A BRIEF RESPITE FROM ANY TRULY HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER  
CONCERNS TODAY, OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL CONDITIONS RETURN IN EARNEST  
FOR THURSDAY FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA (CWA). AS A SURFACE  
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS TO OUR WEST, SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL  
REACH SOLIDLY-BREEZE LEVELS...COMMONLY SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH  
AND GUSTING AT LEAST 25-30 MPH. MEANWHILE, AS HIGH TEMPERATURES  
AGAIN JUMP BACK UP INTO THE AT LEAST THE MID-80S, RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY (RH) WILL PLUNGE TO 10-20 PERCENT. AS A RESULT, A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 12-10 PM THURSDAY FOR OUR  
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...RUNNING A BIT LATER THAN "USUAL" GIVEN  
THAT RH IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW-TO-RISE MUCH ABOVE 20-30% UNTIL  
AFTER DARK.  
 
- FRIDAY AFTERNOON:  
WHILE MODERATELY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE A CERTAINTY AS A COLD  
FRONT SLICES SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR REGION (GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH  
LIKELY AT TIMES), FORTUNATELY THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST CONTINUES  
TO TREND COOLER WITH TIME...KEEPING RH FROM REALLY "TANKING". IN  
FACT, NONE OF OUR CWA IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO SEE RH DROP  
BELOW THE 20% CRITICAL THRESHOLD. THAT BEING SAID, PRIMARILY OUR  
KS COUNTIES COULD SEE NEAR-CRITICAL RH DOWN TO AT LEAST 25%, SO  
IT'S STILL A DAY WITH SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.  
 
- SATURDAY AFTERNOON:  
DESPITE BEING BY FAR THE COOLEST DAY OF THE NEXT WEEK (HIGH  
TEMPS ONLY IN THE 50S MOST PLACES), VERY DRY AIR WILL  
NONETHELESS DRIVE AFTERNOON RH DOWN TO AT LEAST 15-25%, WHILE  
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTS AT LEAST 25-35 MPH. THUS, SOLIDLY NEAR-  
CRITICAL TO CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AREA-  
WIDE...BUT OVERALL-WORST IN OUR WESTERN HALF.  
 
- SUNDAY-MONDAY:  
SUNDAY CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER "ONE DAY BREAK" FROM  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS, THANKS MAINLY TO SOMEWHAT-  
LIGHTER WINDS. HOWEVER, ANOTHER WARM-UP ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY  
SOUTH WINDS MAKES MONDAY ANOTHER EARLY CANDIDATE FOR POTENTIALLY  
WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS.  
 
 
   
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NE...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY  
EVENING FOR NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.  
KS...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY  
EVENING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.  
 
 
 
 
 
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