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FXUS63 KGID 292345
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
645 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED SHOWERS (20-40%) AND A FEW NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVENING
INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS THURSDAY.
- THE CHANCE FOR FROST RETURNS TO THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY MORNINGS.
- WARMER (UPPER 60S-70S) AND DRY THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE
LOCAL AREA NEXT TUESDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 227 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
AFTER A FOGGY START TO THE DAY ACROSS WESTERN AREAS, MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CAN BE SEEN DEVELOPING ON
RADAR JUST TO THE WEST OF THE LOCAL AREA THE PAST FEW HOURS,
WITH ANY MORE CONVECTIVE LOOKING ACTIVITY SO FAR REMAINING
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY, EXPECT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
CROSSING THE ROCKIES TO HELP CONTINUE TO FIRE UP A FEW SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY A WEAK THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA,
BUT WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY AND ELEVATED LCL HEIGHTS, SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN SLIDE SOUTH
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, POTENTIALLY BRINGING A FEW
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR KANSAS
COUNTIES THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS THURSDAY. GIVEN THE SCATTERED
NATURE OF ACTIVITY DEPICTED IN THE CAMS, DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN
THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT OR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS, WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING JUST A FEW
HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL ON AVERAGE.
AS SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
EVENING, EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR OR POTENTIALLY
SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING IN SPOTS, WITH WIDESPREAD FROST IN THE
FORECAST TO START THE DAY FRIDAY. WHILE CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
FOG IN THE FORECAST TO GO ALONG WITH THE FROST POTENTIAL, THIS
WILL BE SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS DESPITE LOW PROBS IN THE
MODELS, THE SETUP (MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS AND ELEVATED
DEW POINTS) IS NOT THAT DISSIMILAR TO THIS MORNING WHEN DENSE
FOG DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
A NEAR REPEAT OF FROSTY CONDITIONS IS THEN ANTICIPATED TO START
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO NUDGE INTO THE
AREA FROM THE WEST. AS THIS RIDGE TRANSITIONS EASTWARD, EXPECT A
NICE BUMP IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WHEN
WIDESPREAD HIGHS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.
THIS RIDGE THEN SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF WEAKNESS BY TUESDAY AS A
WEST COAST LOW MERGES WITH THE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO OUR
NORTH BRINGING BACK A CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS EARLY AS TUESDAY.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 642 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
TONIGHT: HAVE ADDED SOME TEMPO GROUPS FOR PASSING LIGHT SHOWERS
AND PERHAPS A BIT OF GUSTY WINDS. SHOULD REMAIN VFR. THIS
ACTIVITY PASSES BY/WEAKENS BY 05Z, LEAVING DRY AND QUIET
CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE (THOUGH GENERALLY
WESTERLY-ISH) WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
THURSDAY: EXPECT A MIX OF MID TO HIGH CLOUDS MUCH OF THE DAY AND
NNWRLY WINDS AROUND 8-12KT. THERE COULD BE A SLIGHT UPTICK IN
WINDS AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON,
ALONG WITH LOWER CIGS AROUND 3-4K FT. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON
COVERAGE/IMPACTS TO INCLUDE AT THIS TIME, BUT SHOULD REMAIN VFR.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ROSSI
AVIATION...THIES
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