Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Hastings, NE

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
208 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1996

LOCATION OF THUNDESTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST CONCERNS.

MIDDAY SFC ANAL CONTINUED TO SHOW OLD FRONTAL BOUNDRY IN SRN KS WITH DEW
POINTS >65 INTO SC NEB AND >70 IN NC KS.  PROFILER DATA INDICATES S/W
MOVG OUT OF SE WY INTO NEB P/H.  ONLY RETURNS AT PRESENT ON 88D IS IN
JEWELL CO KS.  THIS MORNING TRW WAS OBSERVERED WITH VERY WEAK RETURNS
<30DB.  UPSLOPE IN WRN NEB AND NW KS.

ONLY MODEL LOOKED AT WAS THE NGM.  X-SECTION ACROSS CWA SHOWS PVA FROM
02Z-09Z.  GRIDDED DATA ALSO INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN FROM
LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  8/7H QV CONVERGENCE ALSO INDICATED
OVERNIGHT.  BOTTOM LINE IS AS S/W MOVES INTO MOISTURE TONIGHT TRW  SHOULD
BEGIN TO FIRE AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND HAVE HEAVY RAIN.
STORMS LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  WITH THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP ON
MONDAY TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COOLER THAN THE LAST WEEK OR SO BEFORE
INCREASING BY MID WEEK AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES BACK ACROSS THE AREA.
GRI 066/079 75                    HBR 067/082 75
ODX 062/078 64                    BEL 068/086 55
LXN 063/078 74P

GRIFFITH