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KEY MESSAGES

- Cooler today with highs in the 60s to low 70s.

- Scattered showers possible through the afternoon hours, with another round of showers possible north of I-80 overnight.

- Seasonably cool weather persists through the school week with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Off and on precipitation chances continue each day.

UPDATE

Issued at 131 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Scattered showers/storms will move into west/southwestern portions of the area early this morning. Aloft a trough is centered over the Rockies with weakly zonal-northwesterly flow over the eastern U.S. Showers/storms will lift east/northeast across the area during the day, with rain coming to an end over NE portions of the area by the late afternoon hours. Widespread stratus and rain will help to keep the day seasonably cool. Highs in the 60s are expected across most of the area, with temperatures in the low 70s across southwestern portions of the area where some sunshine is possible.

A weakening cluster of storms that develops over western NE/Eastern CO may sneak into far western portions of the area this evening before dissipating. Given the anticipated weakening trend, storms are expected to fall below strong/severe strength by the time they reach western portions of the area. Overnight, scattered showers along the NE/SD border may sink into far northern portions of the area (along/N of Highway 92) though any accumulations would be light.

Troughing persists over the area on Monday with low stratus locked in place over central/northern portions of the area. Under the stratus highs will be confined to the 60s. Southern/southwestern portions of the area could see more sunshine, allowing temperatures to climb into the mid 70s. A few showers may linger across the area throughout the day, but most areas look to remain dry. Otherwise seasonable-seasonably cool weather persists throughout the school week with highs generally in the 60s and 70s. Passing disturbances will bring off and on chances for showers/storms through the end of the forecast period with the most widespread chances Wednesday night- Thursday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 236 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

A line of showers and thunderstorms has developed across western portions of the area this afternoon. These showers and thunderstorms are expected to rapidly weaken and dissipate as they track eastward through early evening hours with a more robust line of showers and thunderstorms eventually developing to our southeast later this afternoon along yesterdays cold front. In general, the 18Z HRRR seems to have caught on to this initial line of showers and thunderstorms stretching from Dawson in to Furnas counties, and largely updated the pops for the next few hours to reflect this.

Later tonight, expect a cluster of showers and thunderstorms developing across the Rockies to move into the plains, bringing a better shot for some more widespread shower and thunderstorm activity overnight. Given limited instability and shear, this cluster should be weakening as it crosses the local area, but cannot completely rule out a stronger thunderstorm across our west initially, especially across areas west of Highway 183. Further east, thunderstorm coverage will diminish and only light rainfall accumulations are anticipated by Sunday morning.

After a seasonable day this afternoon, expect temperatures to be on the cooler side of climo Sunday afternoon, which will mark the start of a prolonged period of seasonal to seasonably cool temperatures across the region. At the same time, the flow aloft will fluctuate between westerly and southwesterly, which should allow multiple upper level disturbances to cross the local area through the period - bringing off and on chances for unsettled weather across the central plains. It certainly will not rain or storm across the entire area every day, but expect at least a chance for precipitation across the local area with each passing disturbance.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/

Issued at 619 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

IFR to MVFR conditions expected throughout the TAF period. IFR conditions are expected to persist through the late morning hours, though conditions may briefly bounce to MVFR over the next couple of hours. Ceilings rise to MVFR during the afternoon, with ceilings rising above 2000ft at KEAR but are favored to remain lower at KGRI. During the evening-overnight hours (starting 3-4z) ceiling fall to IFR and remain IFR through the end of the TAF period. There is a chance for LIFR ceilings at KGRI overnight through confidence is too low to include in the TAF at this time.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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