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KEY MESSAGES
- Winds subside this evening.
- Cold tonight with lows in the teens. Wind chills values in the single digits to low teens are forecast for early Tuesday morning.
- Dry conditions continue for the extended forecast period. Warm up expected by Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday with most seeing temperatures in the 40s.
LONG TERM
/WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
The H5 western CONUS ridge will stick around for a few days, leaving the area in northwesterly flow. A stronger wave ejects southeast from Manitoba toward the Great Lakes on Wednesday, fusing with the strong H5 closed low mentioned earlier. A cold front emanating from the sfc feature will push through much of the Northern Plains late Wednesday into Thursday. Similar to Tuesday, deterministic guidance develops precip along and behind that front, but well off to our east. Have kept latest NBM extended solution which indicates dry conditions. Highs Wednesday warm to the upper 30s in far western Iowa to around 51F over our far southwest counties.
Cooler temperatures return for Thursday with most areas seeing highs in the 30s to near 40F. Dry conditions are forecast as sfc high pressure sits over the area. The H5 ridge dampens slightly Thursday while a wave ejects on the eastern periphery of the ridge near the Rockies. The wave and sfc feature tracks well to our south though on Friday as sfc high pressure once again builds into the Northern Plains with most seeing similar highs to Thursday. Ridging will ensue once again for the weekend, moving into much of the central CONUS. As such, 1000-500 mb thicknesses increase implying warmer air moving into the area. Forecast highs warm to the 40s Saturday and potentially the low to mid 50s Sunday over our far west.
While still several days out, a weak wave may ride on top of the ridge into the Dakotas and Nebraska Sunday generating some light QPF. Obviously lots of uncertainty still given we're several days out, but for now, have kept dry solution with NBM having sub-15% PoPs.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/
Issued at 510 PM CST Mon Dec 29 2025
VFR conditions will prevail through the forecast period with increasing high-level clouds Tuesday. Light northwest winds become south or southwest tonight before switching to northwest at 10-12 kt with gusts of 15-20 kt Tuesday afternoon.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...None. IA...None.
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