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KEY MESSAGES

- Below normal temperatures (mostly 40s/low 50s) return to the local area Thursday with a couple nights of widespread below freezing temperatures anticipated for Friday and Saturday mornings.

- A small chance for some cold light rain possible late in the weekend as an upper level disturbance crosses the local area from the west. Areas south of I-80 look to be most favored for any measurable precip (less than one tenth of an inch).

- Temperatures will rebound to near or slightly above normal early next week with a more active weather pattern possibly returning towards the middle and latter portion of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 140 PM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

A breezy and mild afternoon continues across the local area as an amplified area of high pressure across the intermountain west extends north into the Canadian provinces and a trough of low pressure extends south into the Great Lakes region. Tonight, expect a backdoor cold front to our northeast to begin to slide south across the local area, bringing a return to below normal temperatures for the next several days. Could see some increased stratus with this front Thursday morning, along with some patchy fog development just ahead of the front, but the better chance for any widespread dense fog development appears to be to our west where the HRRR is focusing this potential.

Cooler air will then settle in across the local area during the day Thursday, with afternoon temperatures struggling to reach 50 across the majority of our Nebraska coverage area, with some lower 50s possible across mainly north central Kansas Thursday afternoon. This will be noticably cooler than the past few days, albeit very close to climatology which is in the lower 50s across the majority of the local area. Continued cold air advection will keep temperatures even cooler to end the week and through the upcoming weekend, with very few if any temperatures topping out in the 50s anticipated. With clear skies and light winds, Friday morning will be the coolest morning of the fall, thus far, with widespread low temperatures in the lower to mid-20s.

Late in the weekend...expect an upper level disturbance to undercut the upper level ridge to our west and cross the southern plains Saturday night through Sunday. Despite cooler air being in place, this looks like a cold rain event as 850MB temps will be 2-4C making the potential for any snow mixed in unlikely.

Modestly warmer temps will then build across the local area for the first part of next week as heights aloft begin to rise as a trough of low pressure digs across the west coast. This system will then bring a chance of precip back to the entire area by the middle of next week and looks to start a more active period of weather with multiple systems potentially bringing additional precip chances just beyond the current 7 day forecast period.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1129 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Prevailing VFR conditions expected through the period with breezy northwest winds with gusts to around 25 KTS this afternoon diminishing and becoming more northerly and eventually northeasterly overnight as a backdoor cold front reaches the local area.

Otherwise, expect clear skies at the terminals to continue through the afternoon hours with a few high clouds filtering by early evening. Around daybreak, cold see some lower CIGS near 6 KFT work their way across the area with a backdoor cold front that will shift winds...but high confidence that CIGS/VSBYs will remain VFR.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

NE...None. KS...None.