980  
FXUS63 KGID 061954  
AFDGID  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
254 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- SPOTTY AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LINGER IN SOUTHEAST PARTS OF  
THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO  
REMAIN TO OUR SOUTHEAST.  
 
- COOL TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN PARTS  
OF THE AREA, ALTHOUGH SCATTERED CLOUD COVER SHOULD PREVENT  
WIDESPREAD, DAMAGING FROST.  
 
- "FALL-LIKE" TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THEN  
WARMING INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 254 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025  
 
SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS PERSIST IN  
EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA AS OF 230PM. CAMS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST  
THAT FEW SHOWERS COULD REDEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE  
AREA (ROUGHLY SE OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO YORK) LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT (0.10" OR  
LESS). ANY THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD REMAIN IN  
EASTERN AND CENTRAL KS WHERE THERE IS STILL SOME AVAILABLE  
INSTABILITY.  
 
LOW CLOUDS CLEAR OUT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING  
INTO TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES INTO THE AREA. WITH THE  
CLEARING AND LIGHT WINDS, TEMPERATURES SHOULD QUICKLY DIP INTO  
THE 40S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE  
AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE 30S. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE,  
BUT ADDITIONAL HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE  
WEST...PREVENTING A WIDESPREAD FROST THREAT. REGARDLESS, THERE  
IS A CHANCE THAT SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED, PARTICULARLY  
IN AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 92 TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE  
AREA ON TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S ARE A FEW  
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY OCTOBER...BUT STILL A PRETTY MILD  
FALL DAY. SOUTH WINDS INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT INCREASING  
CLOUD COVER WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.  
 
STRENGTHENING UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL  
RESULT IN A WARMING TREND FOR THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THERE  
IS A VERY LOW (10-15%) CHANCE FOR RAIN WITH AN EMBEDDED  
PERTURBATION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS  
ARE EXPECTED UNTIL THE NEXT SHORTWAVE ARRIVES FROM THE WEST LATE  
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025  
 
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:  
 
MVFR CEILINGS MAY LINGER AT EAR FOR A FEW MORE HOURS, BUT VFR  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN BY AROUND 21Z...LASTING  
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
WINDS GO LIGHT/VARIABLE TONIGHT AND LIGHT WINDS CONTINUE INTO  
TUESDAY.  
 

 
   
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NE...NONE.  
KS...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...MANGELS  
AVIATION...MANGELS  
 
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