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KEY MESSAGES
- Widely scattered showers and a few storms expected across eastern Nebraska early this morning (15-30% chance).
- A few scattered showers and storms linger into Friday afternoon (15-30% chance) over the area. Some storms could produce gusty winds or small hail.
- Stretch of hot and dry weather starts Saturday into much of next week.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
The hot temperatures will largely dominate the long term forecast period. Model guidance is in really good agreement of a 594dam ridge building over much of the Central and Northern Plains areas. Temperatures warm to the upper 80s to low 90s Sunday and Monday, areawide 90s Tuesday, and mid to upper 90s Wednesday into Thursday. Areas in our far northwest up in Knox and Cedar counties may start to flirt with the 100F degree mark as early as Sunday. Heat indices for most locations should range from the low to mid 90s through at least Tuesday, before increasing slightly to the mid to upper 90s by the end of the long term period.
The ridge should largely help suppress any rain chances too so expect dry weather during this period.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
Issued at 1158 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026
VFR conditions and light and variable winds begin the period. A large complex of storms is slowly moving east across central Kansas and Nebraska tonight. Increasing high cloud cover will overspread the region with a few low-level clouds near FL045. Winds will generally become easterly overnight. Between 10-12Z early Friday morning the remnants of the storm complex enters the region. Current forecast guidance maintains a few showers and isolated storms with this, mainly over southeast Nebraska. The overall thunderstorm threat is low (20%), but confidence is growing in scattered rain showers near LNK during the morning hours. Conditions are expected to remain VFR with ceilings near FL040 and generally 6SM or great visibility within any rain showers. Heading into Friday afternoon, a low chance (15-30%) of additional storms over the area is anticipated. Confidence in aviation impacts is low at this time.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...None. IA...None.
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