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FXUS63 KGID 152040
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
240 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- WARMER, ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS FOR MID DECEMBER THROUGHOUT THE
FORECAST. THURSDAY IS THE WARMEST DAY.
- ACTIVE UPPER LEVEL WEATHER PATTERN, BUT THE FORECAST REMAINS
DRY WITH NO ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 240 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2024
AFTER A FOGGY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA, THE
CLOUDS HAVE SCATTERED AND THE SUN SHINES. TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE AREA HAVE RISEN NICELY AFTER A COOL DREARY START. WHERE THE
LOW CLOUDS LINGERED LONGEST, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID
40S, BUT WHERE THE SUN HAS BEEN SHINING (GENERALLY WEST OF HWY
183 AND SOUTH OF HWY 36 IN KS) WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW 50S.
TONIGHT, AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA, BUT
MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED. MUCH OF THE GUIDANCE KEEPS
PRECIPITATION AT BAY, BUT THERE IS A SMALL (LESS THAN 15%
CHANCE) OF BRIEF SNOWFALL AS THE MAIN UPPER UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
OVERHEAD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FEEL THIS WILL REALLY STAY
NORTH OF I-80 AND WILL AMOUNT TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SPRINKLES AT
THE MOST. THE IMPACT OF THIS WILL BE VERY LOW AND BRIEF.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING
CLOUDY SKIES AND A COOL FRONT ON TUESDAY. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL
BE 40S TO 50S, BUT AFTER THE COOL FRONT, HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL
DROP INTO THE 40S ACROSS THE AREA.
THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE NEXT WORK-WEEK WITH
HIGHS IN THE 50S FOR MOST WITH THE AID OF RETURN FLOW AND SOME
DOWNSLOPE BEHIND A WIND SHIFT WITH THE NEXT IN A STEAD LINE OF
DISTURBANCES.
THE NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS COOLER (HIGHS IN THE 40S) UNDER
NORTHWEST FLOW WITH SOME ARCTIC AIR MOVING SOUTHWARD.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1142 AM CST SUN DEC 15 2024
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
LOW IFR TO LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT
OF THE AREA AND BOTH TERMINALS. LINGERING BROKEN IFR CEILINGS
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT AND SCATTER OUT AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT BOTH TERMINALS BETWEEN 19-21Z.
AS ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT, LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT BOTH TERMINALS FOR THE FIRST HALF
OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AND
BECOME BREEZIER TOWARDS MORNING.
ONCE VFR CONDITIONS RETURN THIS AFTERNOON, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS
TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...BILLINGS WRIGHT
AVIATION...BILLINGS WRIGHT
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