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FXUS63 KGID 152126
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
326 PM CST MON DEC 15 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH MILDLY
BREEZY NORTH WINDS (15 TO 25 MPH) IN ITS WAKE. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE LARGELY UNAFFECTED AND NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
(ALONG WITH ONLY MINIMAL CLOUD COVER).
- THERE IS A LOW CHANCE (10-20%) FOR SPRINKLES/LIGHT RAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE ALONG A STRONGER COLD FRONT,
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THURSDAY.
- AFTER A SEASONAL THURSDAY (30S/40S), GENERALLY MILD
TEMPERATURES (MOSTLY 50S) ARE EXPECTED TO FINISH OUT THE WEEK
AND THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THIS MILD WEATHER PATTERN IS
ANTICIPATED TO STICK AROUND FOR A WHILE, WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES FAVORED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH AND NO
OBVIOUS SIGNALS FOR MEANINGFUL PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 235 PM CST MON DEC 15 2025
SUNNY SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO THE AREA TODAY.
TEMPERATURES OVERACHIEVED ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH LOWER 60S BEING
OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE VERY MILD
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS HAVE MADE FOR A VERY NICE
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. FOR TONIGHT...A FEW MID/HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS VISIBLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY UPSTREAM OF THE AREA ARE
FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION, BUT HAVE LITTLE MEANINGFUL
IMPACT. THESE CLOUDS WILL BE AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WHICH
SHOULD REACH THE I-80 CORRIDOR BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. WITH MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED TO AGAIN PREVAIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THE
MAIN IMPACT WILL BE A MODEST RESURGENCE IN NORTHERLY WINDS,
WHICH WILL LIKELY REACH 15 TO 25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER SHOULD THEN FILTER IN ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY, WHICH WILL JUST BE A PRECURSOR TO A MORE SEASONAL
AIRMASS EXPECTED BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS FRONT DOES APPEAR TO HAVE A BIT OF LOWER LEVEL
MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER, AND COULD EVEN SEE A FEW SPRINKLES/LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH
THE WINDOW FOR ANY PRECIP APPEARS BRIEF IN MODEL DATA. THAT
SAID, THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE THE NOTICABLY COOLER/WINDY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY. SEVERAL
MODELS ARE INDICATING WINDS COULD GUSTS 50+ MPH DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS THURSDAY, AND INCREASED THE FORECAST VALUES TO
REFLECT THIS POTENTIAL HINTED AT IN A MAJORITY OF EC/GFS
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.
THIS WINDY/COOL PUNCH WILL BE SHORT LIVED, HOWEVER, AS A FLAT
RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA BY THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, WITH
AMPLIFICATION OF THIS RIDGE HINTED AT FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS
SHOULD RESULT IN A RAPID RETURN TO MILD TEMPERATURES TO FINISH
OUT THE WORK WEEK AND POTENTIALLY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
THEREAFTER. CPC GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE STRONGLY FAVORED ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH
THE END OF THE MONTH WHICH IS IN LINE WITH GFS/EC ENSEMBLE
OUTPUT PREDICTING TEMPERATURES IN 40S/50S CONTINUING THROUGH AT
LEAST THE 30TH, INDICATING WE ARE LOOKING AT A POTENTIALLY
PROLONGED STRETCH OF MILD (AND DRY) WEATHER.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1123 AM CST MON DEC 15 2025
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ONLY A
FEW PASSING HIGH CLOUDS ANTICIPATED.
FOR TODAY...EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO PREVAIL WITH LIGHT
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. OVERNIGHT...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AND BECOME
LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFT AROUND 15/23Z...INCREASING OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST (12G20KTS) BEHIND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY (THAT MAY
ALSO BRING SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS) TO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY
MORNING. MAY ALSO SEE SOME VERY MARGINAL LLWS WITH THIS FRONT,
BUT IT WAS TOO WEAK TO MENTION IN CURRENT TAFS.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...SR
AVIATION...SR
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