948  
FXUS63 KOAX 041746  
AFDOAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1246 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE BIG BLUE RIVER AND TURKEY CREEK.  
 
- PLEASANT, DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE  
NEXT 7 DAYS, WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND BY MID WEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 1107 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE BIG BLUE AND TURKEY CREEK, WITH  
THE CREST APPROACHING BEATRICE.  
 
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIPPING TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION PULLED A  
WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW  
SHOWERS TRIED TO BUBBLE UP ALONG THE BOUNDARY, BUT PRECIP STRUGGLED  
TO REACH THE SURFACE THROUGH A DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYER. TEMPERATURES  
SURGED IN THE DAYTIME SUNSHINE, WARMING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S.  
 
MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH  
HIGHS REMAINING IN THE 60S AND 70S THROUGH MONDAY. A THERMAL RIDGE  
OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD BY MIDWEEK, WARMING US  
BACK INTO AT LEAST THE MID 70S. WHILE THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE  
FOR A FEW WARM AIR ADVECTION SHOWERS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, THE  
OVERALL FORECAST REMAINS NOTABLY DRY THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE  
NEXT 7 DAYS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1244 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2026  
 
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AT THE  
TERMINALS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL BRING LIGHT  
WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO THE REGION. NORTH WINDS WILL  
TRANSITION TO SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT.  
 

 
   
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NE...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...KG  
AVIATION...ANW  
 
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