FXUS63 KGID 091030
AFDGID

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
430 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

.AVIATION...12Z KGRI TAF. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DIE DOWN AND THIS
TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. SKIES HAVE CLEARED AND
THE ONLY VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOW DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH MID MORNING. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO WEST OVER THE COURSE OF THE
DAY.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009/ 

DISCUSSION...THE MAIN ISSUE IS WRAPPING UP THIS STORM...AND THEN
THE BITTER COLD. 

AFTER SERIOUS THOUGHT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS CANCELLED. 
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WAS HOISTED LAST NIGHT ALREADY...AND THAT
RUNS THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW WILL BE
THE NORM THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH MAYBE CLOSER TO 15 BELOW IN 
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS LET GO BECAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
OVER...AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED A LOT IN MOST AREAS. THAT
IS NOT TO SAY BLOWING SNOW IS NOT/WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE THIS
MORNING...BUT WE ARE WRITING THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THIS STORM.

THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO THE EAST TODAY. WINDS
OVER THE WESTERN CWFA HAVE ALREADY DROPPED BELOW 30 MPH. EAST OF
OF 281...WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNRISE AND THEN SLIP
BACK. THOUGH BRISK...THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL SEE A NOTE-ABLE
IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF WIND. SKIES WILL BE SUNNY TODAY. TEMPS
TODAY WILL GO NOWHERE...LIKE SIGNAL DIGITS AT BEST. 

BITTER COLD CONDITIONS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED. THOUGH THERE MAY 
SOME CLOUDS HERE AND THERE...THE FRESH SNOW AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL BE PERFECT FOR TEMPERATURES TO TANK. LOWERED LOW 
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TO ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 18 BELOW ZERO. 

THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS NO MAJOR WEATHER IN THE NEXT 3 DAYS
WITH ONLY PASSING CLOUDS. SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WILL
OCCUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT THAT WILL BE CURTAILED BY THE
SNOW COVER SOME. 

DIDN/T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO SUNDAY AND BEYOND. 

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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR NEZ039>041-
     046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.

KS...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR KSZ005>007-
     017>019.

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