FXUS63 KOAX 041938
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
238 PM CDT THU NOV 4 2010
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN
CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BUILD EASTWARD TONIGHT. WHEN
COMBINED WITH DECREASING WINDS...CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES
ALOFT...LOWS TONIGHT WILL DIP INTO THE MID 20S REGION WIDE SO GRAB
AN EXTRA BLANKET.
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. SUNNY
SKIES WILL CONTINUE...BUT WITH RELATIVELY POOR MIXING DESPITE
DECENT WAA ALOFT...TEMPS SHOULD ONLY REACH THE LOWER 50S STILL
SLIGHTLY ON THE COOL SIDE. WITH STRONGER RETURN FLOW SATURDAY AND
A LITTLE BETTER MIXING...AN AWESOME DAY IS IN STORE FOR MOST OF
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE US. TEMPS SHOULD EASILY REACH THE
MID/UPPER 60S ACROSS OUR AREA...AND EVEN MID 70S ACROSS CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.
SUNDAY BRINGS YET ANOTHER DAY OF VERY NICE WEATHER WITH CONTINUED
SOUTHERLY FLOW...WITH H85 TEMPS REACHING THE UPPER TEENS. WHILE WE
WONT MIX THAT DEEP...TEMPS SHOULD STILL REACH THE UPPER 60S TO
NEAR 70 FOR AN ABSOLUTELY FANTABULAR END TO THE WEEKEND.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. RIDGING OVER THE
CENTRAL US WILL GIVE WAY TO A SWRLY TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...
PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EJECTING WAVES TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION. AT LEAST INITIALLY DURING THE WEEK...THE WAVES WILL BE
MOVING INTO A MOISTURE-STARVED ENVIRONMENT...AND WEAK SHORTWAVE
FORCING LIKELY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE DRY/STABLE
AIRMASS. HAVE TRENDED THE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN
THE DIRECTION OF A DRIER FORECAST...WITH A DECREASE IN POPS AND
CLOUDS AND AN INCREASE IN THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE. TEMPS
OVERALL WILL FALL BACK TO NEAR CLIMO BY MIDWEEK AS THE UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGHING MOVES THROUGH...WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION IN ITS WAKE.
&&
.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK
18Z TAFS
THREAT FOR LLWS HAS DECREASED. NW WINDS REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG
(GENERALLY G35KT) IN THE LOWEST LYRS AT ALL TERMINALS...WITH G25KT
AT THE SFC. EXPECT SFC WINDS TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10K TWD 05/00Z
BUT REMAIN NRLY THRU THE REST OF THE FCST PD ALONG WITH VFR.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DEWALD
LONG TERM...MAYES
AVIATION...DEE