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000 FXUS63 KGID 081758 AFDGID AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1258 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 .AVIATION...18Z KGRI TAF. VFR CONDITIONS FORECAST. THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL FEATURE A SCATTERED/MAYBE BRIEFLY BROKEN DECK OF STRATOCUMULUS BETWEEN 4000-5000 FT...BUT THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE STOUT NORTHWEST BREEZES GUSTING UP TO AROUND 30 KTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TONIGHT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE LIGHT BREEZES AND CLEAR SKIES. ALTHOUGH FOG SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED STRATUS DEVELOPING TOWARD SUNRISE. BREEZES SHOULD REMAIN UNDER 10 KTS THROUGH MOST IF NOT ALL OF SATURDAY MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 426 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009/ DISCUSSION...LARGE MCS GETTING MORE ORGANIZED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS COPIOUS MOISTURE FLOWS INTO THAT AREAS. KGID CWFA LEFT WITH ONLY LINGERING SHOWERS...WHICH SEEM TO BE DIMINISHING EVEN QUICKER THAN FIRST THOUGHT. POST MORNING SHOWERS...ATTENTION TURNS TO COLD FRONT SLATED TO PUSH ACROSS THE CWFA AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE EASILY OVER 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. STILL SOME REMNANT MOISTURE WILL BE AROUND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THOUGH THE MAIN UPPER SUPPORT WILL STAY JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA...STILL ENOUGH CONCERN TO KEEP A SMALL CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR ISOLATED STORM...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN OR NORTHEAST CWFA. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE TRICKY AS THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION COMES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING QUITE MILD. HAVE KEPT THE SAME TREND AS PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S...OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWFA. MUCH DRIER AIR SETTLES OVER THE CWFA BEHIND THE FRONT AND TEMPERATURES COOL BACK CONSIDERABLY TONIGHT. EXPECT DRY WEATHER SATURDAY...AND ACTUALLY PRETTY PLEASANT DAY WITH LIGHTER NORTH WINDS. NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SET TO INFLUENCE THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. MOISTURE INCREASES SLIGHTLY...AND SOUTHERN/WEST CWFA ARE INFLUENCED BY RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF 120KT JET. SUNDAY IS NOT A RAIN OUT...BUT MAY BE DAMP AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION AROUND. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && $$ AVIATION...PFANNKUCH
