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KEY MESSAGES

- Warm, dry, breezy conditions continue through Monday. Near- critical fire weather conditions are possible.

- High temperatures in the 80s up to 90 are anticipated through this weekend. Things will cool back to the 60s and 70s mid next week.

- Breezy conditions are expected through Sunday. Saturday is favored to be the windiest day with gusts of 30 - 40+ mph possible.

- Outside of some isolated showers Monday night, the next round of rain and thunderstorms is expected late Tuesday through Thursday. Strong to marginally-severe storm potential may be possible.

TUESDAY AND LATER

High temps will cool back into the 60s and 70s mid next week, and down to just the 60s late week. Things are holding pretty steady regarding next week's rain. 06z ensemble data is in agreement that a few isolated, light showers will be possible starting Monday night as our area is sideswiped by an exiting jet streak over the Midwest. The next longwave trough and its associated jets, however, look to arrive right on its heels on Tuesday, bringing more organized and widespread showers and thunderstorms late in the day. This rain looks to carry over into Wednesday as continued jet stream and vorticity advection forcing gets sandwiched over our area between the western CONUS trough and south-central CONUS ridge. While placement will need to be ironed out in the coming days, the heaviest of the rain looks to be over our southeastern forecast area.

We may also need to keep an eye on this upcoming rain event for strong to marginally-severe thunderstorm potential, particularly on Wednesday and for primarily areas south of I-80. 12z GEFS data suggests some unimpressive overlap in instability, shear, and QPF on Tuesday, but relatively higher chances for Wednesday. The SPC currently does not have us outlooked for either day, but notes that outlooked areas south of us may shift or expand in the coming days.

Finally, 13z NBM data continues to suggest overnight lows next Saturday morning (10/17) may dip into the upper 30s (roughly 30% - 40% chances). As of now, likeliest locations would be our northwestern forecast area. Let's continue to keep an eye on this for a potential first frost, but for now we are still too far out to make any official calls.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1224 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

VFR conditions are expected throughout the TAF period. A low- level jet strengthening across the area creates low-level wind shear(LLWS) that persists through mid-morning. The initial LLWS is projected to end around 15Z for KEAR and 16Z for KGRI. Steady southerly winds gusting to around 30kts persist through the TAF period. During the overnight hours, another low-level jet builds into the area bringing more LLWS into the area starting around 1Z for KGRI and 2Z for KEAR. Skies are expected to remain clear or with few clouds through the entire period.

CLIMATE

Issued at 630 PM CDT Fri Oct 9 2026

Here are the details for the near record warm temperatures in both Grand Island and Hastings the next 2 days:

Friday, October 9th: Today's High / Record High

Grand Island, NE: 90F 91F (2020) Hastings, NE: 89F 92F (1928)

Saturday, October 10th: Forecast High / Record High

Grand Island, NE: 88F 90F (1928/31) Hastings, NE: 87F 90F (1920)

Temperature records for Grand Island date back to 1895 and temperature records for Hastings date back to 1907.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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