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FXUS63 KGID 052343
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
643 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
..AVIATION UPDATE
KEY MESSAGES
- LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
- VARIOUS RAIN CHANCES ARE PRESENT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE HIGHEST CHANCES (60% TO NEAR 80%) ARE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.
- THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
(20%-30% CHANCE).
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER ON MONDAY WITH A WARMUP THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THEN COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 214 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH IS OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF THE
COUNTRY WITH AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WITH WINDS MOSTLY OUT OF THE WEST
TO NORTHWEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S
WITH SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY TO
NORTHEASTERLY TONIGHT AS A SURFACE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 30S.
A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 40S ACROSS THE NORTH TO
THE 70S IN THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST MONDAY NIGHT
AS ATMOSPHERIC LIFT INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE (15% TO 50% CHANCE) MONDAY NIGHT. LITTLE TO NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN
THE 20S AND 30S. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY TUESDAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH HOW FAR NORTH A WARM FRONT WILL
MOVE. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY RANGE FROM THE 70S IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST
TO THE 40S IN THE FAR NORTH. LIGHT RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY (UP TO 50% CHANCE) MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT.
WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN
THE 30S AND 40S WITH 50S POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH.
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY WITH A COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP INTO THE 60S AND 70S ON
WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP (20% TO 45% CHANCE)
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT WITH CHANCES INCREASING TO 45%
TO 65% WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
ON THURSDAY WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINING ON HIGH TEMPERATURES.
THIS COOLER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON FRIDAY. A WARM UP IS
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S AS WINDS INCREASE
OUT OF THE SOUTH. VARIOUS PRECIPITATION CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES (60% TO NEAR 80%)
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 619 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH JUST SOME
PASSING MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND INCREASING WINDS DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY.
EXPECT WINDS TO RAPIDLY FALL OFF AS THEY DECOUPLE FROM THE
GUSTINESS ALOFT OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS ANTICIPATED AT BOTH TERMINALS BY 06/01Z.
THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE IN THE
NIGHT AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND EVENTUALLY CROSSES
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT,
WITH GUST TO 25KTS+ OUT OF THE EAST/NORTHEAST POSSIBLE DURING
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON HOURS BEHIND THIS FRONT.
WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME PASSING MID LEVEL CLOUDS THROUGH THE
PERIOD ALONG WITH INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS LATE IN THE
PERIOD, VFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE ANTICIPATED TO PREVAIL.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...SCHULDT
AVIATION...ROSSI
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