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KEY MESSAGES

- No rain or thunderstorms are expected through at least Friday.

- High temperatures will gradually warm with highs around 90 on Sunday to the upper 90s by Friday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 233 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2026

This is about as quiet of a weather pattern as you will see with a significant 500 mb upper level ridge of 590-600dm, which is anomalously high even for July. The upper level ridge will establish itself over the northern plains on Sunday and then gradually recenter further south over Nebraska for most of next week. This pattern will make it difficult to even see much in the way of cloud cover through the week ahead so expect sunny, hot, and dry weather to prevail all week.

Forecast models are indicating lower dewpoints than we would typically expect this time of year (afternoon dewpoints around 60 later this week). Model dewpoints today have been a bit too low and am wondering if that model bias will remain the case this week given the significant widespread crop evapotranspiration. If our dewpoints end up being a little bit higher, that will also push our heat index values higher as well. Consequently, would not be surprised if our currently forecast heat index values (lower to mid 90s most of the week) end up being a bit more uncomfortable than currently advertised. At this point given no expected precipitation, the main forecast concern will be monitoring the rising temperatures through the week.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/

Issued at 625 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Clear skies are expected to prevail through the period with VFR conditions forecast. With somewhat similar conditions as the night previous expected, there is some concern that patchy fog may return in places between 8-14z (such as this past morning), yet the lack of model discernment keeps confidence low for now (20-30% chance). Winds will again be light with speeds mainly hanging between 5-10kts. Wind directions should keep their southerly to southeasterly orientation.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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