Hail in Nebraska, July 26, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1258 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

IN SHORT...OVERALL-FORECAST EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON REMAIN
ON TRACK...AS HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES WITH NO CHANGES NEAR/SOUTH
OF THE STATE LINE...AND AT LEAST SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
EXPAND SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA WITH TIME. CLOSELY MONITORING
ONGOING SEVERE CONVECTION NOW WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE FAR
NORTHEASTERN CWA...AND WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MIGHT
BECOME AN ISSUE FOR US LOCALLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS PER
LATEST SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1468. CERTAINLY THE FAR NORTHEAST
CWA WOULD SEEM TO BE OF MOST CONCERN...BUT ACTIVITY COULD BUILD
FARTHER SOUTH AND/OR WEST AS WELL DEPENDING ON HOW EFFICIENTLY IT
CAN OVERCOME WARM AIR ALOFT...AS LATEST MESOANALYSIS STILL DEPICTS
HEALTHY 700 MILLIBAR TEMPS OF 14-16C OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA.
BOTTOM LINE...CERTAINLY CANNOT LET OUR GUARD DOWN FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM WITHIN
PARTS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 512 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE DETERMINING HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HEAT
INDEX TODAY...AND ALSO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM THIS
AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.

SOME PATCHY FOG EXISTS THIS MORNING AS THE AIR IS QUITE SOUPY WITH
LOW DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS. ALSO THE REMNANTS OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION
ARE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. BOTH SHOULD DISSIPATE
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...GIVING US ONE MORE DAY OF HOT WEATHER AND WILL CONTINUE
TO GIVE US A HEALTHY CAP. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL HANG OUT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA TODAY...BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL
EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AS IT WAS DISRUPTED FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION
REMNANTS IN THE SOUTHERN CWA. AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY
WILL HAVE ANOTHER VERY WARM AND MOIST DAY...ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER
HEAT ADVISORY. A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS
WAY SOUTH AND COULD HELP SPARK SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN
CWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. A HEALTHY CAP IS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE
CWA DURING THE DAY...ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE WEAK ENOUGH TO ALLOW
SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BY LATE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED
STALLED FRONT BY VERY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE
SHOULD BE A PUSH OF DRIER AIR TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT...HELPING
TO SHUT OFF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE NORTH...AND ULTIMATELY
INTRODUCE THE COOLER AND DRIER AIR THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING FOR
EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WE WILL HAVE
ADEQUATE SHEAR...ESPECIALLY NORTH...BUT THE CAP WILL BE DIFFICULT
TO BUST COMPLETELY THROUGH. I WILL INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF
STRONG STORMS IN THE HWO. IF BY CHANCE A STORM BREAKS COMPLETELY
THROUGH THE CAP...THEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WOULD NOT BE ENTIRELY
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 512 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN THROUGH THE LONG TERM REMAINS WITH PERIODIC
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

EXPECTING TO SEE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IN PLACE AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD...WITH MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING HIGH PRESSURE
EXTENDED ACROSS THE DESERT SW AND SRN PLAINS...WHILE AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS SLIDING SE FROM CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE
MAIN SFC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE CWA BY
SUNDAY MORNING INTO CNTRL/SRN PORTIONS OF KS. THROUGH THE REST OF
THE DAYTIME HOURS SUNDAY...THE MAIN LOW CONTINUES PUSHING SE...AND
THE PATTERN CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY..AS THE RIDGE TO THE WEST OF THE
CWA EXTENDS THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND INTO WRN CANADA. DRY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED SUN/SUN NIGHT WITH NO ADDITIONAL NOTABLE DISTURBANCES
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE PATTERN IS
EXPECTED EVEN AS WE GET INTO MON/MON NIGHT...AND THE DRY FORECAST
CONTINUES.  SUN AND MON BOTH LOOK TO BE PLEASANT DAYS...AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT BECOMES THE
PRIMARY PLAYER IN THE SFC PATTERN. THE FIRST HALF OR SO OF THE DAY
ON SUN MAY BE ON THE BREEZY SIDE...BUT WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHTER WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.  BY
SUN EVENING THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH IS STILL WELL NORTH OF THE
CWA...BUT BY MON EVENING HAS BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE
NRN/CENTRAL PLAINS. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE IN...AND
AFTER NUMEROUS DAYS WELL INTO THE 90S/100S...HIGHS ON SUN ARE
FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE MID/UPPER 80S...WITH LOWER/MID 80S FOR
MON.

LOOKING AT THE MID/LATE WORK WEEK PERIOD...MORE UNCERTAINTY ARISES
IN THE FORECAST...MAINLY WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES. BY THE TIME
TUES MORNING ROLLS AROUND...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A
WELL AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CONUS.  THE
ERN HALF IS DOMINATED BY TROUGHING RESULTING FROM A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE HUDSON BAY AREA...WITH RIDGING COVERING THE
WRN HALF OF THE CONUS. THE CWA SITS IN BETWEEN THESE TWO
SYSTEMS...AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...MODELS SHOWING
BETTER POTENTIAL FOR UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO WORK THEIR WAY SE
THROUGH THE MAIN FLOW THROUGH THE PLAINS. CONFIDENCE IN THE
TIMING/LOCATION OF ANY OF THESE CHANCES IS LOW DUE TO DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE MODELS...SO ITS HARD TO COMPLETELY DISCOUNT A PARTICULAR
PERIOD AT THIS POINT. KEPT POPS LOW...DONT WANT TO GIVE THE
IMPRESSION OF A MULTI-DAY PRECIP EVENTS. LIKELY WILL SEE POPS
REMOVED FROM AT LEAST A FEW OF THE PERIODS AS IT GETS CLOSER AND
MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT.  GENERALLY NEAR/BELOW AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK DUE
TO THE CWA SITTING BETWEEN THE WRN WARM/ERN COOL AIR MASSES.  LOWER
80S FORECAST ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WITH MID 80S FURTHER
S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 1257 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIKELY ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF LINGERING MVFR
CEILING AT KGRI RIGHT AWAY THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE ADVERTISED AN
EXPECTATION OF VFR CEILING/VISIBILITY THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AT
BOTH TAF SITES. AS FOR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...THEY ARE ONLY
IN SLIGHT CHANCE TERRITORY...BUT FELT WORTHY OF INTRODUCING A
GENERIC VICINITY THUNDERSTORM (VCTS) MENTION TO KGRI DURING THE
21Z-00Z TIME FRAME BEFORE BETTER CHANCES PUSH OFF TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST. IF A THUNDERSTORM WOULD HAPPEN TO AFFECT THE AREA...IT COULD
BE STRONG TO SEVERE. OTHERWISE...SURFACE WINDS WILL UNDERGO A
TRANSITION DURING THIS TIME FRAME...AS INITIALLY LIGHT SOUTHERLY
BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON TRANSITION TO NORTHERLY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED SPEEDS SHOULD AVERAGE BELOW 12KT THROUGH
THE MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD...STRONGER NORTHERLY BREEZES WITH GUST
POTENTIAL UP TO AROUND 20KT MAY DEVELOP FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MORE SO LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ083>087.

KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

&&

UPDATE...PFANNKUCH
SHORT TERM...HEINLEIN
LONG TERM...ADO
AVIATION...PFANNKUCH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
151 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
271900-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
151 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE REMAINS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE WITHIN THE OUTLOOK AREA AT SOME POINT THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THESE CHANCES GRADUALLY FADING FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD ANY STORMS DEVELOP...A FEW
COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT
BEING HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO
AROUND 60 MPH. THE MOST FAVORED TIMING AND LOCATION FOR ANY
POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS IS BEFORE SUNSET...AND WITHIN COUNTIES
EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR.

ALSO THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...HEAT INDEX READINGS
OF AROUND 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER WILL PERSIST WITHIN MOST NEBRASKA
COUNTIES NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. HOWEVER...THE OVERALL-
WORST VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN A HEAT
ADVISORY AREA THAT MAINLY FOCUSES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO
HEBRON NEBRASKA...AND INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST HEAT ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON AN ISOLATED BASIS...MAINLY
THROUGH SUNSET WITHIN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

PFANNKUCH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
248 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

NEZ049-262015-
POLK NE-
248 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM CDT...

AT 247 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVER CREEK...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF YORK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4115 9737 4135 9755 4136 9752 4137 9750
      4139 9738 4139 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 321DEG 40KT 4141 9746

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