629 FXUS63 KGID 110707 AFDGIDArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hastings NE 207 AM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Outside of the chance a few showers could clip NNW portions of the area early this morning, the forecast through the day today remains dry.
- Expecting windy conditions today. Winds will be turning more southerly with time this morning, increasing in speed especially mid-late morning. Gusts through the afternoon near 35 MPH will be possible.
- Another chance for some scattered precipitation again tonight- Sun AM with the rest of the day looking dry. A stronger cold front will be making its way through the area during the day, switching gusty SSW winds to the NW as it passes. Late in the day/evening, some scattered showers/storms are possible along that front...some uncertainty remains with its exact location when that occurs.
- After highs in the 80s on Sunday, this cold front drops highs into the 60s for Monday, and 50s-60s for Tuesday. Highs rebound back into the 70s Wed-Sat. Periodic disturbances will keep precipitation chances in the forecast for the new work week.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 202 AM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
Currently...
Upper air and satellite data showing the main ridge axis continuing to slide east across the region early this morning...getting a push from a larger scale low pressure system moving onto the West Coast...while other areas of low pressure spin make their way through the Great Lakes and GA/FL border regions. A subtle embedded shortwave disturbance, aided by lift via a 30-ish knot LLJ has brought some scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder into WSW portions of NE. This activity is expected to largely miss the the forecast area, but not out of the question some isolated precip clips NNW portions through the rest of the early morning hours. Looking at the surface, the main frontal boundary lies well south of the forecast area, draped from eastern WY down through western and southern KS...while high pressure has built into the Nrn Plains/western Great Lakes region. This is keeping winds early this AM easterly, and light with speeds around 10 MPH.
Today and tonight...
Overall, not a lot of change in the forecast through tonight...which for most folks remains dry. Models remain in good agreement in the broader picture...showing upper level flow continuing to turn more southwesterly with time, as that West Coast low/trough further inland. Any activity lingering into the morning hours continues to slide NE, and once it pushes out of the area, the daytime hours today are expected to be dry. Not unlike what`s going on currently...another overall small chance for preciptiation does return to the forecast for late tonight- early Sunday AM. Models showing another subtle shortwave disturbance sliding into the area in the SWrly flow, and aided by a strengthened low-level jet, may bring some scattered preciptiation to mainly NNWrn portions of the forecast area. Not out of the question there could again be a few rumbles of thunder, but any storms that develop/slide into the area are not expected to be strong/severe.
Expecting gusty winds to develop during the daytime hours today...with models in good agreement showing the area of high pressure/ridging pushing further east of the area, while low pressure deepens some over the High Plains. The resulting pattern change and tightening pressure gradient across the region will bring gusty southerly winds...with some guidance showing gusts of 30-40 MPH will be possible, with the stronger gusts across western areas. High temperatures this afternoon remain in the mid-upper 70s in the NE to mid 80s in the SW...but with dewpoints in the 50s (near 60 in some spots), relative humidity values are expected to remain above critical fire weather levels (20 percent or lower). Winds taper off a touch this evening/overnight, but will remain on the gusty side. Lows tonight are on the more mild side, with low-mid 60s expected.
Sunday through Tuesday...
Whatever lingering scattered activity there is Sunday morning is expected to slide off to the east, leaving that 12Z-00Z daytime block dry. Flow in the upper levels remains southwesterly, with the main trough continuing to slide east through the Rockies...and models showing a more organized closed circulation developing over the MT/ND/Canada border area during the day. As this system continues to push east, an accompanying surface cold front will be making its way into the forecast area. Still some minor differences with the timing, but in general the front is working through the heart of the forecast area early-mid afternoon, and by 00Z is along the SErn fringe.
Sunday remains the overall warmest day of this 7-day forecast period...but anytime there is a daytime frontal passage, confidence in those highs is not overly high. This is especially true for the NWrn half of the forecast area...whose highs are more likely to occur closer to midday, then once that front passes through remains steady if not falls. Have lower 80s in the forecast for those NW areas...further SE, which has more time to warm ahead of the front, have mid to upper 80s forecast for highs. Gusty winds will again be possible...out of the SSW ahead of the front, lighter along the boundary, then switching to the NW once the front passes.
During the evening/overnight hours, models showing some scattered showers/thunderstorms developing along this boundary...which could impact SErn portions of the forecast area. There are some differences between models with its exact location when things develop...some have it SE of the area and miss us...others are a little slower and give us better chances. At this point the forecast precipitation chances remain low (20 percent) until those details can be further ironed out.
As we get into Monday and Tuesday...the most notable story with these two day is the drop in temperatures in the wake of Sunday`s upper trough/surface cold front passage. Following those 80s on Sunday...highs on Monday drop into the low-mid 60s, with upper 50s (north) to mid 60s (south) expected for Tuesday. Aloft, flow across the region remains southwesterly, as high pressure reestablishes itself more over the Srn Plains, while another low pressure system is digging onto the West Coast. Models showing the potential for a couple of shortwave disturbances to push through the region...keeping preciptiation chances in the forecast, with the best chances currently in the Monday night-Tuesday day period. We`ll see how models trend with the finer details...hard to have a high degree of confidence that far out.
Latter half of the week...
Looking toward Wednesday on through the end of the week...overall no notable changes made to the forecast. Models aren`t in too bad of agreement in the bigger picture...showing generally southwesterly flow continuing in the upper levels...with high pressure over the Srn Plains being more of a driver through mid-week taken over late week by another larger scale trough pushing east through the western CONUS. Potentially remains for embedded shortwave disturbances to bring periodic precipitation chances to the region...but confidence in the timing/track remains low, so forecast chances remain at 20 percent. Highs are expected to rebound from Mon-Tue, with more highs back in the 70s Wed-Sat.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 1215 AM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
For KGRI/KEAR Airports:
Dry weather forecast for this TAF period, with better chances for any scattered activity looking to remain NNW of the terminal areas. VFR conditions are forecast, while some scattered lower clouds around 4k ft are possible, the thicker cloud cover is expected to remain in the mid-upper levels. Main story for this period lies with winds, which will be increasing out of the SSE during the mid-late morning hours. Gusts through the afternoon hours around 35MPH are expected. During the evening hours, speeds may diminish just a touch, but gusty conditions are expected to linger overnight. Models also showing the potential for LLWS at both terminal sites, so have that mention running from 02Z on through the end of the period.
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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. KS...None.
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