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FXUS63 KOAX 082320
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
620 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES WITH SEVERAL CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE START OF NEXT WEEK.
- THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 139 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH. THEY SHOULD DECREASE, BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY KICK OFF ALONG
THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE THIS
EVENING FOR A FEW SHOWERS OR PERHAPS THUNDERSTORMS, PARTICULARLY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE.
THE FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER TONIGHT.
HEADING INTO THURSDAY MORNING, ADDITIONAL CHANCES (20-50%) FOR A FEW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE
INTO THE REGION, HELPING KICK OFF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS
WHILE THE FRONT LIFTS SLIGHTLY INTO THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK (2/5) FOR SEVERE STORMS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING FOR
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. ALL HAZARDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
THE ONE CONCERN FOR AN ALL HAZARDS SCENARIO FOR TOMORROW WILL BE ANY
IMPACTS FROM MORNING SHOWER ACTIVITY. IF THE ATMOSPHERE GETS WORKED
OVER PRETTY WELL, THAT WOULD HELP LIMIT THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE
WEATHER A BIT.
THE FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA INTO THE
WEEKEND. FRIDAY BRINGS ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS
ALONG WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK
NORTH HEADING INTO THE LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WEEKEND. THERE IS
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR
MONDAY; HOWEVER THE SET UP IS LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST A FEW
SHOWERS AND STORMS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. THIS WILL BE A DAY
TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 614 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. A
COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA, RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTH
TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ARE
BEGINNING TO DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
LIGHT AFTER SUNSET. LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OCCUR OVERNIGHT.
WINDS BECOME EASTERLY AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS TO DEVELOP TO THE
SOUTH OF THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED NEAR THE WARM FRONT THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME, THE MAJORITY OF THIS ACTIVITY
IS ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF AREA TERMINALS UNTIL AT LEAST
21Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY THEN BEGIN TO IMPACT LNK AND
OMA BY THE END OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. DECREASING CEILINGS TO
MVFR MAY ALSO BEGIN TO RESULT IN AVIATION IMPACTS LATE IN THE
FORECAST PERIOD ALSO.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ANW
AVIATION...CHEHAK
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