FXUS63 KGID 012046
AFDGID

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
246 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST IS LOOKING COLD WITH A COUPLE OF CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION.

A COUPLE OF UPPER WAVES ARE HELPING TO PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE AREA TODAY. FRONT HAS MADE IT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN THE
FORECAST AREA...BUT NOT IN TO KANSAS YET. FRONT HAS A PRETTY GOOD
PUSH BEHIND IT WITH 2 TO 3 MILLIBAR PRESSURE RISES NOTED AT 01/18Z
ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
SLIDE SOUTH AND THROUGH THE AREA 02/03Z. NO WEATHER ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FRONT OTHER THAN SEEING INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT AND A
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS NEW AIRMASS WILL HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE AS UPPER PATTERN
SEES A LARGE TROF CARVED OUT ACROSS MOST OF THE US. A REINFORCING
SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL COME IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND
THIS WILL HELP TO GIVE US A CHANCE FOR SOME FLURRIES ACROSS THE
AREA MAINLY ON THURSDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN IN DISAGREEMENT ON
LOCATION...TIMING AND AMOUNT OF PRECIP BUT GIVEN THIS COLD OF
AIRMASS...WILL LIKELY SEE SOME FLURRIES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.

SOME WEAK RIDGING FORECAST TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND THIS
WILL BRING ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR A LITTLE
WHILE ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO IMPACT THE
REGION. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOWS FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK. WILL NEED TO WATCH
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM TO SEE IF WE CAN DEFINE
LOCATION/TIMING BETTER. BUT FOR NOW IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A GOOD OVERRUNNING PATTERN
IS SETTING UP FOR TUESDAY AND MAY SEE A MIX OF PRECIP...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS. DID ADD RAIN OR SNOW WORDING TO THE
FORECAST IN KS TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT IT IS LIKELY TOO EARLY FOR A
LOT OF DETAIL. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THINGS COULD START TO GET ACTIVE
AGAIN.

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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
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KISNER