Red Cloud, Nebraska Weather Forecast Discussion

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FXUS63 KGID 231125
AFDGID
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
625 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue today. Severe
  weather is unlikely, but a few storms could produce small
  hail, gusty winds, and isolated minor flooding.
- Showers/storms gradually end from north to south this evening
  through Wednesday morning.
- Dry and gradually warming into the weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 304 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025
The bulk of the forecast area remained quiet Monday night,
although scattered showers and storms are still expected over
most of the area through the day today. As of 2:45am, stratiform
rain is slowly moving into southern parts of the area, with a
few strengthening thunderstorms within it near I-70. This
activity will continue to slide northeastward through sunrise,
with additional thunderstorms are anticipated to develop
further north near or shortly after sunrise. Some areas
near/north of Highway 92 could remain dry through today, but the
rest of the area is all likely (50-90% chance) to at least see
some rain.
The threat for severe weather is low. Cloudy, cool conditions
will keep instability rather limited, although synoptic forcing
could help produce a few storms that are capable of producing
small hail and localized gusty winds. Heavy rain could also
lead to localized flooding, but this threat is pretty isolated.
Many areas (especially I-80 northward) are favored to see rain
in the 0.10-0.50" range, with only localized areas seeing 2-3"
of additional rain.
As the upper trough shifts southeastward, we will see rain
slowly end north to south...starting this afternoon and
continuing through the overnight. A few showers could persist
past sunrise on Wednesday in northern Kansas. Some CAMs also
hint at very isolated diurnally-driven showers Wednesday
afternoon. But other than these very low chances, dry conditions
are expected for Wednesday. Clearing skies should allow
temperatures to dip into the low 50s and possibly even upper 40s
Wednesday night.
The rest of the week and weekend continues to look dry, with
temperatures warming back into the upper 70s and 80s...a few
degrees above normal for the end of September.
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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 609 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025
For KGRI/KEAR Airports:
Showers and storms are starting to develop in central Nebraska,
but it may be another 1-2 hours before EAR/GRI are impacted.
Ceilings are expected to fall as showers move into the terminals
as well. Conditions from mid-morning through mid-afternoon are
favored to be mostly MVFR (except during heavier
showers/t-storms). By early afternoon, the threat for thunder
will start to subside, and by late afternoon all shower activity
should push to the south. Skies will then gradually scatter out
through tonight.
Winds today will be out of the northeast with gusts to around
20kts at times.
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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
KS...None.
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DISCUSSION...Mangels
AVIATION...Mangels

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