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FXUS63 KGID 121844
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
144 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- NO RAIN OR STORMS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TODAY INTO NEXT
WEEKEND.
- HOT ALL WEEK WITH THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 100
DEGREES EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THERE WAS A LITTLE PATCHY FOG AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS
EASTERN ZONES, BUT LESS FOG THAN SATURDAY MORNING. CAN NOT RULE
OUT ANOTHER MORNING (MONDAY MORNING) OF VERY THIN PATCHY FOG
MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR CORN FIELDS RIGHT AROUND SUNRISE, BUT
LESS IMPACTFUL THAN THE LAST FEW MORNINGS (10-20% CHANCE OF
FOG).
THERE HAS BEEN NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL FORECAST
PATTERN AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPECT THE IMPRESSIVE 500 MB UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE TO AROUND 600DM TO DOMINATE RESULTING IN WARMING
TEMPERATURES WITH DRY CONDITIONS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS
BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY
AND THEN WILL GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS
PATTERN WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE VERY MANY CLOUDS
THROUGH THE WEEK AHEAD SO EXPECT SUNNY, HOT, AND DRY WEATHER ALL
WEEK AND PROBABLY EVEN INTO AT LEAST A PORTION OF NEXT WEEKEND.
DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT LOWER THAN NORMAL AND THUS
HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE NOT AS BAD AS THEY COULD BE, BUT DO
STEADILY CLIMB THROUGH THE WEEK WITH THE HEAT INDEX AROUND 100
IN SOME AREAS BY FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1251 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
WE HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS (~3000 FT AGL) AROUND THIS
AFTERNOON FROM DIURNAL HEATING, WHICH SHOULD CLEAR OUT AFTER
SUNSET. THE WIND WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE TAF VALID PERIOD. VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...WESELY
AVIATION...WESELY
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