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FXUS63 KGID 302054
AFDGID
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
354 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PARTS OF THE AREA
DURING THE LATE EVENING-OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 183.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO UPPER 90S. NORMAL HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER ARE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S.
- OFF AND ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED EACH
DAY...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING THROUGH OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN, CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO INITIATE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS BY EVENING, BRINGING ANOTHER (20-30%) CHANCE FOR
NOCTURNAL CONVECTION ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOCAL AREA. WHILE NOT
EVERYONE WILL SEE PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT, MOST OF THE CAMS ARE
INDICATING THIS HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION WILL REACH THE LOCAL
AREA LATE THIS EVENING, WEAKENING AS IT CROSSES THE REGION.
GIVEN THE ELEVATED INSTABILITY, A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY
SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS
AREAS MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 183, WITH 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS
BEING THE MAIN CONCERN.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE BROADER WEATHER PATTERN, HIGH PRESSURE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRANSITION INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY TO START NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS
PATTERN WILL BRING DAILY WEAK DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE LOCAL
AREA DURING THE EVENING/NIGHTTIME HOURS, ORIGINATING ACROSS THE
ROCKIES AND TRACKING EASTWARD EACH EVENING. WHILE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL NOT BE DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA, HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
SEVERAL DEGREES (3-8 DEGREES) ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WORK
WEEK.
LATE IN THE PERIOD, BOTH THE GFS/EC INDICATE THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE WILL REBUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
AMPLIFY NEXT WEEKEND AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MEANDERS ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE TRACKS NORTH
ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THIS SHOULD DIMINISH STORM CHANCES
NEXT WEEKEND WHILE ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE FURTHER
ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT RELIEF (TEMPERATURE
WISE) FORESEEN OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT 10 DAYS.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:
RELATIVELY HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 10 KTS AND VARYING AMOUNTS
OF MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AS THEY PASS WELL SOUTH OF
THE TERMINALS WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. WINDS WILL BE
WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT LESS THAN 10 KTS...BEFORE BECOMING
LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT...AND NORTH/NORTHWESTERLY AT LESS
THAN 10 KTS MONDAY. WHILE THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED -SHRA/-TSRA
OVERNIGHT...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 31/06Z TO 31/13Z...PROBABILITY
WAS LOW ENOUGH THAT THIS POSSIBILITY WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THE
CURRENT TAFS.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ROSSI
AVIATION...ROSSI
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