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KEY MESSAGES

- High temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s today through Sunday then cool into the 60s and 70s Tuesday and Wednesday after the passage of a cold front.

- Winds will strengthen out of the south to southwest Friday and Saturday afternoons with gusts on Saturday up to 25 to 45 MPH.

- Precipitation chances increase Tuesday (up to around 20%) and Wednesday (up to around 45%).

UPDATE

Issued at 225 AM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

A surface trough centered across North Dakota extends southward across eastern and central portions of Nebraska as well as north central Kansas. Winds across the forecast area are either calm or out of an easterly direction. Winds will mostly range from the east to the south overnight at around 5 MPH. Low temperatures overnight into Thursday morning are expected to range from the upper 40s to upper 50s. Winds will strengthen out of the southeast to south this afternoon to around 10 to 15 MPH with gusts up to around 20 MPH as a surface trough strengthens to the west of the area. High temperatures today will range from the mid 70s to upper 80s. Low temperatures tonight are expected to be in the mid 50s to mid 60s with south to southwest winds.

Winds are expected to strengthen out of the south to southwest Friday and Saturday afternoons as a surface trough strengthens to the west of the area. Stronger winds are expected on Saturday with gusts up to 25 to 45 MPH. Temperatures will warm up into the 70s and 80s Friday through Sunday then a cold front will move into the area on Monday resulting in highs in the 60s and 70s Tuesday and Wednesday. Low temperatures behind the front will be in the 40s and 50s. Models are indicating possible precipitation Tuesday and Wednesday. The higher chances (up to around 45%) of precipitation are on Wednesday.

INTO NEXT WEEK

Not much to change regarding next week's rain. Ensemble data is noisy on this, but isolated pockets of light rain may become possible Sunday night through Tuesday as the next trough slowly meanders its way across the western CONUS. Nothing heavy would be expected from these spotty showers.

The more organized precip still looks to arrive late Tuesday and last us into next Thursday. Regrettably, this time frame is where the ensemble data begin to disagree quite a bit. The 12z GEFS suggests the trough will move in faster on Tuesday with a noticeably stronger embedded jet streak, while the EPS holds the trough axis back to the west until Wednesday. They do agree, however, that the best vorticity advection will come Wednesday into Thursday. Regardless, more details will need to be ironed out in the coming days, but late Tuesday through Thursday in general look like good chances for a return to rain.

Finally, 12z ensemble data suggests overnight lows next Friday and Saturday mornings may dip below 40 degrees. This is far too early to make any calls for frost, but the signal is there for a bit of a cooldown, so let's just keep this info in our back pocket and monitor the trends.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1045 AM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

VFR through the period with little to no cloud cover.

Winds will increase slightly this afternoon out of the SSE, becoming sustained 9-12kt and gusts 15-20kt. Sfc winds will decrease around sunset this evening, but this will set the stage for potential low level wind shear for both sites after 04Z. Expect a 40-45kt low level jet with a base around 1K ft AGL to persist through about 09-10Z, before shifting E. Sfc winds Friday AM will be out of the S to SW 6-9kt. Confidence: High.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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