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KEY MESSAGES

- The rest of the workweek will be seasonably warm, and this weekend will be HOT!

- Overall dry conditions are expected to continue into early next week, but a stray shower or weak thunderstorm cannot be entirely ruled out (mainly Thursday).

DISCUSSION

Issued at 231 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

Ridging continues to dominate the upper level pattern through this week. Near-normal temperatures today (upper 80s and low 90s) will trend warmer through the remainder of the workweek and will peak this weekend. Temperatures for this weekend have trended a touch higher. This is especially true for Sunday where the 50th percentile NBM is near 100 degrees for the entire area. Heat index values don't look to be "extreme," but a few areas could see values as high as 105.

The model consensus favors dry conditions through the weekend, although a few models hint at isolated convection as moisture and weak lift nudge in from the south. This would primarily be Thursday, although it would not be impossible to see something isolated any day through the weekend. All that being said, the strong consensus is for dry conditions to prevail for the majority of the area. Global ensembles depict an 80-100% chance for less than 0.10" through Monday. Normal rainfall during this period is roughly 0.10" per day.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 630 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

High confidence VFR conditions through the period with some light haze from smoke possible along with a few diurnally driven fair weather CU through 15/01Z and again tomorrow afternoon. Overall, winds will be light at less than 12 KTS out of the east southeast throughout the period.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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