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FXUS63 KGID 300544
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1244 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ALL OF
NEXT WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES TOPPING OUT NEAR OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE 100 IN SPOTS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE EVENING-
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AS STORMS MOVE
IN FROM THE WEST. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS TONIGHT.
- ADDITIONAL (MAINLY SMALL 10-30%) CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE LOCAL AREA NEXT WEEK, PRIMARILY FAVORING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS EACH DAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026
A FEW MORNING SHOWERS IMPACTED AREAS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281
THIS MORNING BUT HAVE SINCE PUSHED EAST WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
AND WARM TEMPERATURES ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT COULD IMPACT
PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS, AND INCREASED POPS SOME FOR TONIGHT TO PUT IN
BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE 18Z HRRR/OTHER GUIDANCE. WHILE SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY, THESE HIGH BASED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS, AND THE MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283
TONIGHT. IF REALIZED, WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. OTHERWISE, THESE STORMS
SHOULD BE ON THE WEAKENING TREND AS THEY CROSS THE LOCAL AREA
OVERNIGHT, BRINGING MAINLY SCATTERED LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO
PARTS OF THE LOCAL AREA.
FOR SUNDAY, ANOTHER HOT AFTERNOON IS IN STORE FOR THE LOCAL AREA
AS THE RIDGE OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT.
THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES
CLIMBING TO NEAR - OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 - ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR
KANSAS COUNTIES. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER ROUND OF NOCTURNAL
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE, BUT THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE OR
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT. IN FACT,
THIS GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
OCCASIONAL, MAINLY SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS
ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH A RETURN
TO MORE SEASONAL/COOLER TEMPERATURES NOT HINTED AT IN ENSEMBLE
GUIDANCE UNTIL POSSIBLY THE 2ND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN AND AROUND THE KEAR VICINITY
BETWEEN 6-9Z AND IN THE KGRI VICINITY BETWEEN 7-10Z. A WIND
SHIFT, SOON TO ARRIVE WITH THE SCATTERED STORMS, WILL BRIEFLY
SHIFT WIND DIRECTIONS TO THE NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS TEMPORARILY
INCREASING TO 15-20KTS. WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
NIGHT WILL BE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AND BECOME MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY AND LATER LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.
ONGOING LLWS WILL BE AROUND KEAR THROUGH AROUND 11Z AND AROUND
KGRI THROUGH AROUND 13Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO MAINTAIN
(80%) THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH CLOUD BASES POTENTIALLY FALLING TO AS
LOW AS 12,000-15,000FT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING HOURS.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ROSSI
AVIATION...STUMP
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