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KEY MESSAGES

- Mostly cloudy today with highs in the 70s and 80s.

- Scattered showers/storms possible during the evening-overnight hours.

- Seasonable-seasonably cool weather expected Sunday onwards with highs in the 60s and 70s.

UPDATE

Issued at 221 AM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

Scattered showers/storms are ongoing across the area this morning, currently located along and northwest of the Tri-Cities. These showers/storms are expected to exit the area by sunrise. A cold front passing through southeastern portions of the area will stall out just southeast of the area this morning. Cooler weather is expected today behind the frontal passage, with highs in the 70s and 80s coldest across northern portions of the area where low stratus is the most persistent. Scattered thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon-evening hours, most likely across southeastern portions of the area closest to the stalled front. These storms exit the area after sunset. Further west, a cluster of storms is likely to develop over eastern CO. This cluster is expected to reach western portions of the area during the late evening-overnight hours, gradually weakening and diminishing in coverage over time.

Aloft a trough over the southwest moves over the plains and broadens on Sunday. This troughing aloft lingers into early next week. Under the influence of troughing and low stratus, seasonably cool weather is expected across the area with highs in the low 60s (north) to low 70s (south). Scattered showers are possible on Sunday and Monday, mainly across northern portions of the area. Fall-like weather continues through the end of the forecast period though temperatures begin to climb back towards normal late next week (mid 70s) as ridging builds over the western U.S.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 209 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

High temperatures spiked across the area this afternoon ahead of a cold front that is forecast to cross the area tonight. This front should eventually act as a trigger for some high based shower and thunderstorm development, from roughly the Tri- Cities east this evening. While severe weather is not expected, plenty of elevated instability along with an inverted V structure in soundings indicates there could be some stronger wind gusts with the initial storm development. Once the front tracks east by late evening, a second round of showers and thunderstorm moving in from the west could again impact portions of mainly south central Nebraska overnight.

Behind the cold front, expect a noticably cooler afternoon across the area with high temperatures expected to fall 15 to 20 degrees from this afternoons high temperatures to start the weekend. While most of the area will remain dry during the daytime hours, models advertise another round of showers and thunderstorms impacting parts of the area overnight Saturday night as an upper level low approaches from the west. This low is then expected to cross the local area Sunday, with a reinforcing shot of cooler air along with cloudy skies likely keeping high temperatures in the lower to middle 60s for most Sunday afternoon.

Thereafter...a seasonably cool week (normal highs are in the mid to upper 70s) along with multiple (mainly small) chances for showers and thunderstorms are anticipated as west southwesterly flow aloft continues with multiple embedded disturbances expected through at least the end of next week.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1240 AM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

More showers are expected overnight along with possible thunderstorms. Low ceilings are beginning to develop across the area and are expected to continue to develop. The ceilings are expected to gradually improve after 15z but may remain MVFR through the afternoon or briefly turn VFR before more low ceilings return around 00z. Winds will mostly be out of the northeast to north.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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