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FXUS63 KOAX 290524
AFDOAX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1124 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Snow continues to taper off this afternoon. Blowing snow
  remains a concern through early evening.

- Expect windy conditions to persist through Monday morning. The
  combination of cold temperatures and gusty winds will result
  in sub-zero wind chill values across the region.

- Dry conditions are expected through the extended forecast.
  Expect a warm up Tuesday and Wednesday with temps returning to
  the 30s and 40s.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 326 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

Falling snow will continue to wind down over the next hour or two in 
portions of western Iowa and extreme southeastern Nebraska. Radar is 
still showing some faint returns of blowing snow across portions of 
the CWA, so we are keeping the Winter Weather Advisories going for a 
few more hours. Knox, Antelope, Boone, Pierce, Madison, and Platte 
counties were removed from the advisories due to conditions 
improving. Gusty northwest winds will persist through the rest of 
the afternoon and into the early evening, so a Wind Advisory will 
remain in place through 6pm.

Heading into tonight, expect bitter cold to set in as temperatures 
fall into the single digits to around 12 degrees above zero. With 
the cold temperatures and windy conditions, wind chills will fall to 
around 7 to 17 below zero. 

Expect the cold and wind to continue into Monday as today's system 
shifts east over the Great Lakes. A tight pressure gradient will 
remain in place through the morning, keeping sustained northwest 
winds around 15-25mph with gusts to 35mph before easing back in the 
afternoon. The cold will remain in place through the day, with highs 
struggling into the teens and 20s. 

Monday night into Tuesday, an upper ridge over the western CONUS 
will slide east slightly, allowing for some warmer air to advect 
into the region. Tuesday lows will be slightly warmer than the 
previous night, bottoming out in the teens. The current forecast has 
highs returning to the mid-30s to low 40s for western Iowa and the 
low to mid-40s for eastern Nebraska. Slightly warmer temperatures 
are expected Wednesday, with a few 50s possible across the western 
CWA.

Expect another cool down on Thursday as surface high pressure slides 
in from the north. Highs will be down to the upper 20s to mid-30s 
across western Iowa and the 30s for eastern Nebraska. The rest of 
the forecast period looks dry with a gradual warming trend back into 
the 40s.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1123 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

11 PM (05z) IR satellite imagery and surface observations
indicate patchy, low-VFR to MVFR clouds (FL020-040) in place
across the region with flurries being observed in areas of the
denser clouds. Those conditions are likely to continue overnight
into Monday morning with KOFK and KOMA likely moving in and out
of MVFR ceilings. Clouds will decrease by mid to late Monday
morning. Strong northwest winds with gusts of 30-35 kt will
continue overnight into Monday morning before diminishing to
below 12 kt by late Monday afternoon.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
IA...None.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...ANW
AVIATION...Mead