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KEY MESSAGES

- A cold front will bring breezy north winds and cooler temperatures (30s/low 40s) back to the area Friday.

- Light snow (T-0.5") is possible Friday night/Saturday morning mainly northeast of the Nebraska Tri-Cities.

- Very cold this weekend with high temperatures likely not climbing above freezing (possibly not out of the 20s) with widespread morning wind chills below zero Sunday morning.

- Dry and Mild conditions expected for at least the first half of next week (mostly 50s to near 60 at times).

DISCUSSION

Issued at 140 PM CST Thu Dec 11 2025

Quite the gradient in temperatures across the local area this afternoon with 3 PM temperatures in the lower 70s in both Phillipsburg and Cambridge, with upper 30s to lower 40s being observed across much of the eastern half of the area. Still hopeful that temperatures will peak closer to 60 along the highway 281 corridor by 5 PM, but less hopeful the further east you go and did an adjustment to temperatures earlier in the shift to reflect this. Part of the reason temperatures have struggled has been the persistent cloud cover in northwestelry flow aloft along with a slower than anticipated switchover to westerly flow behind this mornings warm front.

For tonight, expect a cold front to our north to begin to sag south towards the local area, likely reaching the center of the forecast area around midnight. This front will help to shift winds back to the north by daybreak Friday, along with bringing a fairly significant deck of low level stratus to around the NE/KS state line. This will result in a noticably cooler day for most, with even colder air coming with a secondary front Friday night through Saturday morning. This front will also have the potential to produce some very light snow or flurries, but all signs are that this activity should remain northeast of the Tri-cities where a T-0.5" of snowfall will be possible.

As this secondary push of colder air reaches the area Saturday, expect a cold day as temperatures will struggle to climb much Saturday afternoon, possibly not climbing out of the teens in spots (20s for most). In addition, temperatures will likely plummet Saturday night, with a very cold start of the day Sunday morning and widespread wind chill values below zero. This notable drop in temperatures will be brief, however, as the cold air will retreat to the east by Monday afternoon, and high pressure begins to amplify across the local area aloft. This will allow temperatures to return to the 50s across much of the area (with some 60s not out of the question) for the first half of the week, before the upper level ridge starts to flatten late in the week, potentially bringing another cold front and dip in temperatures back closer to normal Thursday and Friday.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 513 PM CST Thu Dec 11 2025

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Clouds continue to linger over the terminal sites tonight, with ceilings now possible (50-60% chance) to drop into MVFR and potentially even low-end MVFR conditions between 11z and 21z. Low-level wind shear will be possible across the next few hours (mainly through 6z) though winds tonight will be fairly light (less than 10kts) and blowing out of the north. Winds Friday will stay more on the lighter to steady end as well (up to 10-15kts).

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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