####018004191#### FXUS63 KGID 112119 AFDGID Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hastings NE 319 PM CST Thu Dec 11 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - A cold front will bring breezy north winds and cooler temperatures (30s/low 40s) back to the area Friday. - Light snow (T-0.5") is possible Friday night/Saturday morning mainly northeast of the Nebraska Tri-Cities. - Very cold this weekend with high temperatures likely not climbing above freezing (possibly not out of the 20s) with widespread morning wind chills below zero Sunday morning. - Dry and Mild conditions expected for at least the first half of next week (mostly 50s to near 60 at times). && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 140 PM CST Thu Dec 11 2025 Quite the gradient in temperatures across the local area this afternoon with 3 PM temperatures in the lower 70s in both Phillipsburg and Cambridge, with upper 30s to lower 40s being observed across much of the eastern half of the area. Still hopeful that temperatures will peak closer to 60 along the highway 281 corridor by 5 PM, but less hopeful the further east you go and did an adjustment to temperatures earlier in the shift to reflect this. Part of the reason temperatures have struggled has been the persistent cloud cover in northwestelry flow aloft along with a slower than anticipated switchover to westerly flow behind this mornings warm front. For tonight, expect a cold front to our north to begin to sag south towards the local area, likely reaching the center of the forecast area around midnight. This front will help to shift winds back to the north by daybreak Friday, along with bringing a fairly significant deck of low level stratus to around the NE/KS state line. This will result in a noticably cooler day for most, with even colder air coming with a secondary front Friday night through Saturday morning. This front will also have the potential to produce some very light snow or flurries, but all signs are that this activity should remain northeast of the Tri-cities where a T-0.5" of snowfall will be possible. As this secondary push of colder air reaches the area Saturday, expect a cold day as temperatures will struggle to climb much Saturday afternoon, possibly not climbing out of the teens in spots (20s for most). In addition, temperatures will likely plummet Saturday night, with a very cold start of the day Sunday morning and widespread wind chill values below zero. This notable drop in temperatures will be brief, however, as the cold air will retreat to the east by Monday afternoon, and high pressure begins to amplify across the local area aloft. This will allow temperatures to return to the 50s across much of the area (with some 60s not out of the question) for the first half of the week, before the upper level ridge starts to flatten late in the week, potentially bringing another cold front and dip in temperatures back closer to normal Thursday and Friday. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1138 AM CST Thu Dec 11 2025 For KGRI/KEAR Airports: Prevailing VFR conditions anticipated through at least the first half of the TAF period with some MVFR stratus expected with a cold front towards the tail end of the period. Plenty of high clouds continue to stream across the area this afternoon. Expect some more breaks in cloud cover over the next few hours based on satellite upstream of the area with winds gradually shifting to the west behind the warm front that pushed across the area very early this morning. Later tonight, expect a cold front to cross the terminals from the north around 12/06Z...with some scattered MVFR stratus at first accompanied by northerly winds to around 12 KTS. Expect both winds and stratus to increase across the area around daybreak Friday, with gusts to near 20 KTS and CIGS around 2KFT through the late morning and afternoon hours. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. KS...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Rossi AVIATION...Rossi