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FXUS63 KOAX 090446
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1146 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING STORMS COULD LEAD TO AREAS
OF FLASH FLOODING.
- COOLER WEATHER RETURNS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WITH HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S.
- NEXT FRONT ARRIVES FRIDAY, BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE
STORMS LATE FRIDAY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOWER AND STORM
CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1141 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2026
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
TWO LINES OF STORMS DEVELOPED THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT DRIFTED
THROUGH THE REGION. STORMS GENERALLY STRUGGLED TO DEVELOP BEYOND SUB-
SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, WITH STRONGER STORMS
INITIATING TO OUR EAST IN DES MOINES CWA.
THE SPOTLIGHT WILL SHIFT TO HYDRO CONCERNS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS, DESPITE THE LACK OF DEEP UPDRAFT DEVELOPMENT. THE 00Z
SOUNDING DEPICTED A PWAT OF 2.03", WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE
CLIMATOLOGICAL MAX OF 1.81. TRAINING HAS ALREADY BEGUN WITH THE SW
TO NE ORIENTED LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND MESONET REPORTS INDICATE
AMOUNTS UP TO 1-2" HAVE FALLEN, AS OF 11 PM. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP
TO 1-3" WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AS THE
INCREASING LLJ NOSES INTO THE BOUNDARY REIGNITING CONVECTION.
A SURFACE HIGH WILL SINK SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT, USHERING PRECIP
SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY SETTLE INTO THE REGION,
WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S. SIMILAR
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
FRIDAY AND BEYOND...
SUBTLE RIDGING WILL BOOST TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 80S ON FRIDAY,
WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE WARMUP WILL BE SHORT-LIVED,
THANKFULLY, AS A COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
FRIDAY EVENING. GIVEN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING EXPECTED TIMING OF
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE, SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY BE IN PLACE
FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. ADDITIONALLY, INCREASING LAYER SHEAR WITH
AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL LIKELY AIDE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. AS
SUCH, THE SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A 15%
DAY4 SEVERE OUTLOOK.
TEMPERATURES DIVE INTO THE 70S SATURDAY, WITH A FEW LOCATIONS ONLY
REACHING THE UPPER 60S BY SUNDAY, FINALLY GIVING US A HINT OF FALL.
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD, LONG-RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HINT AT
BRINGING A MID-LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS LATE NEXT
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF 40-60% POPS AS WELL AS A PUSH OF CAA INTO THE
REGION, KEEPING TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 622 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2026
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS, MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM COLUMBUS, NE THROUGH DUNLAP, IA. WHILE CHANCES FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE DIMINISHING, HEAVY
RAINFALL LOOKS LIKELY NEAR THE KOMA AND KLNK TAF SITES,
PRIMARILY BETWEEN 04-10Z WEDNESDAY MORNING. PATCHY FOG MAY
DEVELOP BEHIND SHOWERS, THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS,
DIMINISHING BY AROUND 14Z. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD, WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT
5-10KTS.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...KG
AVIATION...KG
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