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FXUS63 KGID 032337
AFDGID

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
637 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers likely tonight through Friday night. Showers may mix
  or change to snow Friday night. Little or no snow accumulation
  is expected.

- Dry weather is expected this weekend. Below normal
  temperatures are expected Saturday with near to slightly
  below temperatures Sunday.

- A gradual warming trend is expected next week. A few spotty
  showers are possible mid-week, but no substantial
  precipitation amounts are expected.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 247 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Broad southwest flow aloft is in place across the central plains
this afternoon. This will continue through tonight. An embedded
shortwave across Colorado this afternoon will lift northeastward
into western Nebraska tonight. Showers are likely with this
initial disturbance. Most of the appreciative QPF looks to
remain mostly just west and northwest of the local south-central
Nebraska/northern Kansas area. Amounts could approach or exceed
one quarter of an inch across the far western portions of the
area from Lexington to Cambridge and points west.

Upper level low pressure will bottom out across southern Arizona
and New Mexico Friday night. The system will fill and weaken as
it tracks across the southern plains through Sunday. Lingering
light showers may briefly mix with and change to snow Friday
night before ending. Northern stream energy dives southward
through the northern plains this weekend. This will shunt
moisture southeast of the area, and dry conditions are expected
through the weekend. A cold front associated with a northern
stream wave will cross the area Friday night, with below normal
temperatures expected in it`s wake on Saturday. Temperatures
will moderate by Sunday with highs near or slightly below
normal...with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s.

Upper level ridging builds northward through the Rockies and
translates eastward across the area Monday. Despite the upper
ridging aloft, temperatures to start the week look to remain
below normal. In fact, a back door Canadian cold will keep highs
quite chilly, in the lower 50s across northeast portions of the
area around Fullerton and York on Monday. The ridge flattens
somewhat Tuesday as weak shortwave quickly moves from east to
west across the area. A weak area of surface low pressure
develops in response to the wave. Northerly flow behind the low
Tuesday will keep temperatures near normal.

A stronger wave crosses the area Wednesday into Thursday, and a
few showers will be possible with this system. Warmer
temperatures are expected Wednesday as a trough of low pressure
advances eastward across the area and winds become westerly.
This downslope component to the wind will help high temperatures
rise into at least the lower 70s.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 629 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

VFR conditions currently in place are expected to deteriorate
some with time, with models showing the potential for MVFR to
IFR conditions to spread across the area. An upper level
disturbance will keep chances for rain/showers around through
most of this TAF period...with a relative lull expected later
tonight-early Fri AM, before better chances return. Winds
through much of the period look to remain generally east-
southeasterly, more uncertainty Fri afternoon as a frontal
boundary approaches the terminal areas, turning winds more
NNErly...sustained speeds looking to generally top out around
15 MPH.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
KS...None.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Taylor
AVIATION...ADP