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KEY MESSAGES

- Seasonably cool weather will continue for the next several days with a very small chance for some light rain across north central Kansas Saturday night into Sunday.

- A modest warm up to around normal temperatures (lower to mid 50s) anticipated to start the new work week.

- More widespread rainfall chances return to the area over the middle of next week as a more active weather pattern develops across local area.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 141 PM CST Thu Nov 12 2026

A stubborn layer of stratus has been slowly eroding across the local area this afternoon. Central areas have seen little to no sunshine, helping keep temperatures stuck mostly in the lower 40s. This stratus should continue to erode through the late afternoon/early evening hours, with mostly clear skies eventually returning to the area overnight.

With mostly clear skies and light winds tonight, expect temperatures to fall rapidly overnight, with a cold/frosty start to the day across the local area to finish out the work week. This will likely be the coolest day of the fall, thus far, with widespread lower to mid 20s anticipated.

This cool/dry weather is then anticipated to persist into at least Saturday evening, when the next disturbance crossing the southern plains clips southern portions of the local area. This system has continued to trend south over the past 24 hours, and consequently now have pops mostly limited to portions of north central Kansas, with little to no precipitation accumulation anticipated.

Behind this initial system, high pressure aloft will build back across the plains from the southwest to start the new work week, with a rebound in temperatures to slightly above normal levels for Tuesday and Wednesday as breezy southerly winds also increase across the local area. The next system is then forecast to lift out of the southwest and into the plains - midweek - brining a small chance for some light precip Wednesday into early Thursday.

Still plenty of uncertainty with the following upper level low as is develops across the southwest late in the week, but many ensemble members indicate this could be another fairly wet system for the following weekend with temperatures suggesting a cold rain across the local area as the system intensifies and moves into the plains.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 522 PM CST Thu Nov 12 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

MVFR stratus had cleared out of KGRI, but will linger over KEAR through the evening hours. There appears to be a few hour window during the overnight hours where KEAR improves to VFR before another round of MVFR stratus moves in from the west. This MVFR stratus is favored to linger over KEAR through the early afternoon hours with a return to VFR by the end of the TAF period. KGRI meanwhile is likely to remain east of the MVFR stratus throughout the TAF period (and stay VFR).

Light and variable winds are expected overnight. After sunrise, winds become southeasterly and increase to 10kts (and persist through the end of the TAF period).

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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