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KEY MESSAGES

- Minor flooding lingers along parts of the Big Blue, Little Blue, and Solomon Rivers. All of these rivers have crested and will continue to fall through the weekend.

- High confidence in dry conditions through most of, if not all, of next week.

- Seasonably pleasant temperatures continue through the weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 155 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

After a VERY rainy few days across much of the area, a much drier pattern is now in-place.A few shortwaves will move through the region, but global ensembles have few, if any, members producing precipitation through the end of next week. This should be good news for areas with lingering flooding and for harvest operations.

Drier air allowed temperatures to dip into the 40s this morning, but temperatures quickly returned to mid to upper 60s in the afternoon under clear skies. Tonight will be a touch warmer than last night as southerly winds increase ahead of an approaching shortwave. Saturday morning low temperatures should range from the mid 40s to low 50s.

Continued south to southwesterly winds and clear skies on Saturday will promote another very effective warmup....likely into the 70s for most of the area. The NBM is on the cool side of guidance, likely due to warm- season bias correction carrying over into the the more fall-like regime we are currently in.

A cold front moves through Saturday evening, resulting in a cooler (but not overly cold) day on Sunday. Much like today (Friday), high temperatures should reach the 60s to low 70s, accompanied by light and variable winds.

Temperatures then gradually warm as we head into next week. Highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s will be common, which is slightly above our climatological normals for early October. Rain chances remain minimal (below 10%), even into next weekend (October 10-11th).

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1212 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

High confidence in VFR conditions with clear skies through the TAF period. Light southeast winds turn to the south and southwest Saturday morning. Wind gusts of 20-25kts are expected during the daytime on Saturday.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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