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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 955 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

- No impactful weather is forecast through the next several days.

NEAR TERM

(Rest of tonight and Thursday) Issued at 955 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Tonight's forecast feels like a rinse and repeat of last night. Satellite imagery shows a cloud deck sliding SSE, just off to our west. Mostly clear skies will prevail tonight, and with light winds in place, patchy fog can form in the valleys and near bodies of water. Lows will fall into the 40s so be sure to grab that jacket again for your morning commute or bus stop.

Thursday will also feel like deja vu. The vast ridge of high pressure established throughout the Plains will only lean to the east a little bit. We will remain under the influence of high pressure, where dry conditions will persist and temps will be a degree or two higher than yesterday. Look for daytime highs to reach the mid to upper 70s.

SHORT TERM

(Thursday night through Friday night) Issued at 955 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

After reaching the mid to upper 70s on Thursday, under mostly clear to partly cloudy skies, temps will fall into the 40s once again. So keep that light jacket by the door to grab it for your morning commute or bus stop. The amplified ridge with an axis through the Plains and into the Midwest on Friday will only slide slightly eastward. This will nudge the sfc high draped across the eastern half of the CONUS as well, veering our sfc winds to become more southeasterly. Highs once again will be in the 70s with lower 70s in the elevated terrain and the mid to upper 70s elsewhere. Overnight lows on Friday will remain generally in the 40s.

LONG TERM

(Saturday through Wednesday) Issued at 955 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

On Saturday and Sunday, a narrow but amplified 5h ridge axis over the lower MO valley south into the western Gulf of America will be in place, providing northerly flow aloft over the TN Valley. A sprawling surface and 8h ridge will be in place from New England through the lower MS Valley. This will keep dry and seasonable weather in play through early next week. The ridge will break down Monday and Tuesday as the southwest U.S. ejects into the Plains and OH Valley. The southern tail of this wave will move through Tuesday into Wednesday, but the airmass will too dry to support precipitation. The surface ridge will remain in place, but pressures will be falling as it weakens. Temperatures in upper 60s to lower 70s on Monday under the influence of the wedging ridge will warm into the lower to middle 70s Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows will be in the lower to middle 40s over the weekend into Monday morning, warming into the middle 40s to around 50 by Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1220 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions are forecast through the TAF period. Calm winds will become north-northeasterly in direction Thursday afternoon around 7 kts. Otherwise, a very low chance of fog exists early Thursday morning. Confidence is not high enough to include this in the official TAF.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AL...None. TN...None.