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KEY MESSAGES

- A few light showers or sprinkles (10-20%) will be possible across the local area through the afternoon hours. Clearing skies and light winds expected this evening. Light showers and a very isolated thunderstorm (10-20%) possible across north central Kansas again Friday afternoon.

- Widespread frost formation is expected across the local area tonight/Friday morning and again Friday night/Saturday morning. A frost advisory is currently in effect from midnight CDT tonight through 9 AM CDT Friday.

- Warmer temperatures (70s to near 80) and dry conditions expected over the upcoming weekend. A chance for thunderstorms returns to the local area Monday night through Wednesday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 238 PM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

A weak front crossed the local area today with northerly breezes and modestly cooler temperatures in its wake. With the colder air advecting in aloft, steep lapse rates have led to some diurnally driven clouds/showers/sprinkles popping up this afternoon...all of which should rapidly diminish by early evening. As skies clear and winds become light overnight, a recipe for widespread frost appears to be in store, with most locations forecast to drop into the lower to mid-30s. As a result, a frost advisory goes into effect at midnight tonight and lingers through 9 AM Friday morning.

A weak disturbance in northerly flow is then expected to clip the local area Friday afternoon, sparking another round of light showers (and possibly a very weak thunderstorm) focused across our Kansas counties Friday afternoon. As skies behind this disturbance clear Friday night, frost is again expected to be an issue, albeit even colder temps may eventually justify a freeze warning in spots.

After a cold start to the weekend Saturday morning, heights aloft will begin to climb as high pressure moves in from the west, making for a pretty spectacular weekend across the local area with generally light westerly breezes and above normal temperatures in the 70s (Saturday) to near 80 (Sunday). While these warmer temperatures will persist into the new week, the upper level ridge will eventually give way to a disturbance from the west, which will bring at least a chance for some showers and thunderstorms across the local area as early as Monday evening and continuing through Wednesday. While there are decent signals for some unsettled weather over this period in ensembles, activity looks fairly scattered in nature and qpf estimates are fairly modest.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 641 PM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Fairly benign aviation conditions expected over the next 24 hours. Clouds will clear out this evening and breezy N winds will subside to light and variable. Friday looks to be quite similar to today in which mid level clouds increase midday into the afternoon, along with NNW winds gusting up to 20kt. Confidence: High.

GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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