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KEY MESSAGES

- Rainfall is tapering off across the local area this afternoon and dry conditions are expected to return tonight.

- Pleasant weather returns this weekend with highs in the 60s, light winds, and partly to mostly sunny skies (especially Saturday).

- Light rain possible Sunday night-Monday (30-60% chance), with minimal accumulations (0.01-0.25").

- Cooler weather then settles in Tuesday as a pattern shift is anticipated across much of the center of the country with a more active weather pattern potentially coming Thanksgiving weekend and beyond.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 245 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025

Cloudy skies and occasionally wet conditions were observed across much of the local area today, with significant rainfall (1-3"+) accumulating across our Kansas counties. Further north, the gradient in precipitation was sharp, and parts of the area mainly north of interstate 80 - received only a few hundredths to a couple tenths of an inch of precip in the most favored locations. Expect the responsible area of low pressure to continue to track east tonight, with rainfall likely tapering off by dark.

As the next upper level low then digs off the southern CA/Baja coast Saturday...expect heights aloft to amplify and skies to clear, with a very nice start to the weekend in store for the entire region. Light westerly winds (unfavorable for morning fog - but favorable for warmer temps) are then anticipated across the area ahead of this low on Saturday...which should also help boost temperatures into the 60s area wide. These westerly winds will then shift and become more southerly on Sunday, ahead of the aforementioned upper level low off the CA coast that will bring increasing cloud cover throughout the day. Despite the increasing clouds, temperatures should remain on the mild side Sunday, with a chance of rain overtaking the region Sunday night into Monday. This low will then rapidly move east by Monday afternoon, and given the progressive nature and lack of moisture depicted in the models, anticipate QPF to be on the light side (0.01-0.25") despite the rather high pops (30-60%).

Thereafter, a cold front from the north will push across the local area Tuesday...potentially bringing very windy conditions to the region during the daytime hours. Behind this front, northwesterly flow aloft is anticipated to persist through the remainder of the forecast period...and likely beyond. This will result in a cooler weather pattern, with occasional chances for precip. The first chance, Thanksgiving night, is not anticipated to be significant locally or impact many, with models honing in on the subsequent disturbance late in the weekend that could potentially bring the first measurable snowfall of the season to start December.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1136 AM CST Fri Nov 21 2025

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

IFR conditions will prevail at both terminals for another couple of hours as the system that is impacting the region slowly tracks to the east and the very light rain that is impacting the area ends. CIGS should then become VFR around 21/20Z...although plenty of mid level cloud cover near 6KFT will persist into the late evening hours based on upstream obs. As this system exits the local area...northeast winds will gradually diminish... eventually becoming light and variably by 22/00Z...before increasing to near 10 KTS out of the west Saturday morning on the backside of the departed system.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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