Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
365 AWUS83 KGID 302345 AAA RWSGID KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 011145- Weather Summary for Portions of the Central Plains National Weather Service Hastings NE 645 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 As we bid farewell to this Regional Weather Summary product here at NWS Hastings after decades of daily issuance...we will focus our attention on the first two days of July...Monday and Tuesday. Starting with Monday...the two big stories are a return of heat...and a late afternoon and evening risk for severe storms. Covering the heat first...the day will actually start quite cloudy...with possible drizzle and a few showers or weak thunderstorms. Depending on how long it takes skies to gradually clear from south to north...it could take much of the day for things to truly heat up. However...eventually we should see high temperatures soar into the 90s for most counties south of Interstate 80...with parts of Kansas even touching 100. Heat index readings could top out around 105 degrees in several counties near and south of the state line...where a Heat Advisory will be in effect. For Nebraska counties along and especially north of Interstate 80...it will not be as hot...but it will still be warmer than today with highs into the 80s. Turning to severe thunderstorm potential...while most of Monday daytime will be storm-free...especially the 4 to 10 PM time frame could feature a rapid development of at least a few...and possibly several severe storms...with the main hazards being large hail and damaging winds. Although our entire coverage area is at least under a small risk for severe storms...Nebraska counties appear to be overall more under the gun than our northern Kansas counties. Turning to Tuesday...the majority of our area will be 5 to 10 degrees cooler than Monday behind a passing cold front...with most places topping out between the low 80s and low 90s...although far southeast parts of our coverage area...especially around Beloit Kansas...will still be plenty hot into the mid to upper 90s. As for severe storm potential Tuesday...MOST of our area stands a much lower risk than on Monday...but far southeast counties could be clipped in the afternoon or early evening by a few severe storms along the advancing cold front. && A FAREWELL NOTE: After a long run spanning well over two decades, we at NWS Hastings have decided to discontinue the daily issuance of this "legacy" Regional Weather Summary text product. We apologize to those of you out there who might miss it, including our loyal NOAA Weather Radio listeners. However, in this day and age of more and more ways to access weather information, we encourage you to turn to other great resources from us here at NWS Hastings, both written and graphical, that you can access through our web page (www.weather.gov/hastings) and our social media feeds (X/Twitter and Facebook). These resources include, but are not limited to: our Area Forecast Discussions, Hazardous Weather Outlooks (both text and graphical), and also various graphics that we routinely post to social media. $$ Pfannkuch