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KEY MESSAGES

- Patchy fog is expected west of Highway 281 from 12 AM - 9 AM Friday morning. Fog is also possible area-wide Friday night into Saturday morning.

- Isolated frost deposits on bridges will be possible from 2 AM - 9 AM Friday for locations northwest of a rough line from Holdrege-Kearney-Greeley.

- Dry conditions and warmer temperatures with daily highs in the 60s and overnight lows spanning the mid 30s to mid 40s are anticipated from Saturday through at least the middle of next week.

SATURDAY INTO NEXT WEEK

Dry, warm, mostly clear conditions are favored from Saturday afternoon through at least next Thursday, and thus there's nothing really to report at this time. Monday will see a few wind gusts to 20 mph, but no stronger winds are expected. Winds will largely stay between southerly and westerly through Tuesday before a few intermittent swings to northerly work in from diffuse fronts.

High temperatures from this weekend through next week will be in the 60s, with overnight lows spanning from the mid 30s to mid 40s each night as clear skies allow for strong cooling despite warm days.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 514 PM CST Thu Nov 5 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Deteriorating conditions anticipated at both terminals this evening as MVFR/IFR stratus encroaches from the north.

Expect VFR conditions to prevail at both terminals for the next couple of hours before MVFR stratus reaches the terminals. Extrapolating the encroachment of this stratus, expect it to reach KGRI around 06/02Z and KEAR around 06/04Z. While initially, the stratus will be MVFR (as evident in upstream obs), expect a gradual lowering of CIGS at both sites to IFR and possibly LIFR levels through the overnight hours. Additionally, could see at least some MVFR VSBYs develop as some light fog forms across the region, although truly dense fog will likely ultimately develop just to the west of KEAR.

Gradual improvement is then anticipated during the mid-morning hours Friday, with VFR conditions returning by around 06/17-18Z with just some passing high clouds during the afternoon hours.

Overall, winds will be light through the period, predominantly out of the north through the morning hours Friday, and then transitioning and becoming southeasterly by afternoon as surface high pressure slides south into the Missouri River valley and southeasterly return flow is observed across the local area.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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