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FXUS63 KGID 252209
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
409 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES WITH ONE MORE BITTER COLD
NIGHT/MORNING OF WIND CHILLS -15F TO -25F.
- WE CLIMB OUT OF THE DEEP FREEZE MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT THE
BRUNT OF THE WEEK WILL STILL BE ON THE SEASONABLY CHILLY SIDE
THANKS, IN PART, TO THE WIDESPREAD SNOWCOVER.
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS WEEK ARE LIMITED TO LIGHT/LOW END
ONES MAINLY IN THE FRIDAY-SATURDAY TIME FRAME.
- MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE SEE A MORE APPRECIABLE WARMUP BEGIN
ABOUT A WEEK FROM NOW.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 350 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2026
BOY LAST NIGHT/THIS MORNING SURE WAS A COLD ONE, IN SPOTS,
THANKS TO THE FRESH SNOW COVER, CLEARING SKIES, AND LIGHT WINDS.
IN FACT, A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPED TO DOUBLE-DIGITS BELOW ZERO FOR
AIR TEMPERATURES! DON'T THINK WE'LL GET *QUITE* AS COLD TONIGHT
FOR AIR TEMPERATURES, BUT A LIGHT BREEZE WILL STILL CAUSE VERY
COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE -15 TO -25 DEGREE RANGE FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA. ALSO, IMPROVEMENT WILL BE SLOW MONDAY MORNING
SINCE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE RISING IN CONCERT WITH SLOWLY RISING
AIR TEMPS. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY,
AND IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON ON MONDAY.
HELD ONTO SOME VERY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES IN
OUR FAR W THIS EVENING, BUT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SLIDE
THROUGH SW NEBRASKA INTO W KANSAS. OTHERWISE, THE FORECAST
REMAINS DRY UNTIL LATE IN THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. LATEST
ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES
INTERACTING WITH AN INCREASINGLY TIGHT BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS, ON THE SW FRINGE OF ANOTHER INTENSE HIGH PRESSURE
WORKING S OUT OF CANADA. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME UPSLOPE FLOW
COMPONENT TO THE PRECIP CHANCES. AT ANY RATE, THE 50 MEMBER EPS
KEEPS TOTAL PRECIP AMOUNTS QUITE LIGHT, WITH ONLY ABOUT 10
PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS GIVING MORE THAN A TENTH OF QPF. COULD BE
ANOTHER LONG, DRAWN OUT, PERIOD OF LIGHT PRECIP CHANCES, AS
WELL - PERHAPS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT ALL THE WAY INTO SATURDAY, AT
LEAST ON AN OFF AND ON BASIS.
TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO WARM BACK INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S FOR
WEDNESDAY (MAYBE 50F IN FURNAS COUNTY?), BUT THIS WILL BE
SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN THURSDAY AND
ESPECIALLY FOR FRIDAY. FORTUNATELY, THIS NEXT ROUND DOESN'T
LOOK TO BE NEARLY AS INTENSE OR PERSISTENT. IN FACT, LATEST
ENSEMBLE BLENDS AGREE ON A DECENT UPWARD TREND IN FORECAST TEMPS
BEGINNING LATE NEXT WEEKEND AND CONTINUING INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1145 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
VFR CONDITIONS FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT SOME FEW-SCT
STRATOCU TO WORK IN FROM THE N THIS AFTN, BUT CIGS AND COVERAGE
SHOULDN'T BECOME MVFR BASED ON LATEST MODELS TRENDS. SHOULD SEE
DECREASING CLOUDS LATE EVE AND OVERNIGHT, WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OUT OF
THE NW THIS AFTN THEN WEAKEN TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL PICK BACK UP OUT OF THE SW MON AM, AGAIN BECOMING A
BIT BREEZY FOR THE LATE AM AND AFTN HOURS. CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR NEZ039>041-
046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
KS...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR KSZ005>007-
017>019.
DISCUSSION...THIES
AVIATION...THIES
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