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FXUS63 KGID 252346
AFDGID

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
546 PM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Cold Weather Advisory continues with one more bitter cold
  night/morning of wind chills -15F to -25F.

- We climb out of the deep freeze Monday afternoon, but the
  brunt of the week will still be on the seasonably chilly side
  thanks, in part, to the widespread snowcover.

- Precipitation chances this week are limited to light/low end
  ones mainly in the Friday-Saturday time frame.

- Maybe, just maybe, we see a more appreciable warmup begin
  about a week from now.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 350 PM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

Boy last night/this morning sure was a cold one, in spots,
thanks to the fresh snow cover, clearing skies, and light winds.
In fact, a few locations dipped to double-digits below zero for
air temperatures! Don`t think we`ll get *quite* as cold tonight
for air temperatures, but a light breeze will still cause very
cold wind chills in the -15 to -25 degree range for the entire
forecast area. Also, improvement will be slow Monday morning
since wind speeds will be rising in concert with slowly rising
air temps. No changes were made to the Cold Weather Advisory,
and it should be allowed to expire at noon on Monday.

Held onto some very slight chances for light snow/flurries in
our far W this evening, but most of this activity should slide
through SW Nebraska into W Kansas. Otherwise, the forecast
remains dry until late in the upcoming work week. Latest
ensemble guidance continues to suggest some weak disturbances
interacting with an increasingly tight baroclinic zone over the
High Plains, on the SW fringe of another intense high pressure
working S out of Canada. There could also be some upslope flow
component to the precip chances. At any rate, the 50 member EPS
keeps total precip amounts quite light, with only about 10
percent of the members giving more than a tenth of QPF. Could be
another long, drawn out, period of light precip chances, as
well - perhaps from Thursday night all the way into Saturday, at
least on an off and on basis.

Temperatures will try to warm back into the upper 30s and 40s for
Wednesday (maybe 50F in Furnas County?), but this will be
short-lived as another surge of Arctic air moves in Thursday and
especially for Friday. Fortunately, this next round doesn`t
look to be nearly as intense or persistent. In fact, latest
ensemble blends agree on a decent upward trend in forecast temps
beginning late next weekend and continuing into the following week.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 536 PM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Dry weather with VFR conditions are forecast for this TAF
period. Satellite imagery showing a batch of SCT-BKN lower level
clouds across the eastern portions of the forecast area...but
these clouds are expected to continue to diminish this evening,
thus kept the ceiling SCT. Expecting clearing skies through
the overnight hours into the day on Monday. NNW winds currently
in place will gradually diminish in speed this evening, then
turn more westerly, the southwesterly overnight. Mid morning
Monday on through the end of this period, expecting WSW winds,
gusts around 25-30 MPH will be possible once again.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST Monday for NEZ039>041-
     046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
KS...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST Monday for KSZ005>007-
     017>019.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Thies
AVIATION...ADP