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KEY MESSAGES

- Patchy fog is possible tonight into Monday morning.

- A light wintry mix is possible Tuesday evening and Tuesday night, although significant impacts are not expected.

- Warm and dry for the end of the week and into the weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 248 PM CST Sun Feb 1 2026

Despite yesterday's snowfall, temperatures have overachieved today, with nearly the entire area reaching the 50s. Low level moisture from the snowmelt today, combined with light winds will potentially allow for fog late tonight into Monday morning. 12Z CAMs were quite aggressive with the fog potential, although more recent HRRR runs have backed of on the coverage...partially due to increasing high clouds.

The increased cloudcover on Monday will keep temperatures around 10 degrees cooler than today...but still slightly above normal for early February.

The best chance for precipitation over the next week arrives with a shortwave on Tuesday. Precipitation type will be mixed. Primary types will be rain and snow, possibly mixed with freezing drizzle in localized areas with subfreezing temperatures. Localized travel impacts cannot be ruled out, but the overall threat remains low. A very light wintry mix is possible Tuesday morning, but the primary timeframe will be Tuesday evening through Tuesday night.

Seasonal temperatures continue on Wednesday behind this system, but another significant warmup is still on-track for the end of the week and into the weekend. Although we will likely come up short of record highs, widespread temperatures in the 50s are expected each day Thursday through next Sunday. There is also pretty high confidence in dry conditions through this period as well.

Medium range ensemble are hinting at a more active period for the following week (February 10-14), as we move to more zonal or southwesterly flow aloft. That said, details remain very uncertain and temperatures are favored to remain fairly mild.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/

Issued at 1102 AM CST Sun Feb 1 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

VFR conditions with mostly clear skies continue through today.

The potential for fog tonight into Monday morning is increasing. Increasing mid and high clouds does provide some uncertainty, and coverage of fog will likely be patchy/intermittent. That said the 12Z HREF highlights a 50-80% chance for IFR vis 08Z-16Z.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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