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KEY MESSAGES

- Dry and warm conditions will persist into early next week.

- A pattern change will bring a return to more seasonable temperatures with increasing probabilities for precipitation next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 223 PM CDT Wed Oct 7 2026

Northwest mid/upper flow prevails across the central CONUS while the strong mid and upper level flow is confined to the Upper Mississippi Valley area and the Northeast. This pattern will break down as we move late into the week and the weekend as a more vigorous mid/upper trough develops across the Pacific Northwest and a tropical system emerges from the Gulf impacting the Southeastern United States late this week into the weekend. This will bring southwest mid/upper flow to the Central Plains late Friday into the weekend while eventually allowing some .

By early next week, a cold front may arrive ushering in more seasonable air with increasing probabilities of precipitation as we move toward the middle of the week. Meanwhile, afternoon highs will be 10-15 degrees above average through the weekend and into Monday before we see the pattern change.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1037 PM CDT Wed Oct 7 2026

Aviation concerns are still expected to remain nil through the next 24 hours.

Clear skies and light winds are forecast to remain in place through the next 24 hours as surface high pressure slowly slides to the east. Winds will generally remain out of the south and southeast at most sites and below 10kts.

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.