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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
616 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...DRY AND NOTICEABLY WARM CONDITIONS 
DOMINATED SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNDER 
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. AROUND SUNRISE...TEMPERATURES WERE STILL WELL 
INTO THE 70S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR SOME 60S IN 
NORTHERN AND WESTERN CITIES SUCH AS ORD AND LEXINGTON. ALSO IN THE 
ORD AREA...SOME PATCHY FOG WAS PRESENT EARLY THIS MORNING. 
FORECAST-WISE...BY FAR THE BIGGEST STORY THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE 
A CONTINUED BLAST OF MID-SUMMER HEAT. ALTHOUGH SUNDAY FEATURED A 
NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN BOTH HEAT AND HUMIDITY...CONDITIONS TODAY 
WILL RISE TO ANOTHER LEVEL...AS ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE 
LOCAL AREA ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 96 AND 104 
DEGREES...WITH THE LOWER END OF THIS RANGE FOCUSED NORTHEAST OF THE 
TRI CITIES...AND THE HIGHER END CONCENTRATED MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH 
OF THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER. HOWEVER...DUE TO HIGH DEWPOINTS 
AND RESULTANT HUMIDITY LEVELS...THE ENTIRE AREA WILL OBSERVE FAIRLY 
UNIFORM HEAT INDEX READINGS SOARING TO AROUND 105 DEGREES OR 
SLIGHTLY HIGHER...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM. AS A RESULT...THE 
FIRST HEAT ADVISORY OF THE SUMMER IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE LOCAL 
AREA...AND FOLKS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE WORKING OR 
PLAYING OUTSIDE. AS FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS 
TONIGHT...BUT COVERAGE WOULD LIKELY BE SPARSE AT BEST. TURNING TO 
TUESDAY...ANOTHER HOT DAY IS IN STORE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD AGAIN EXCEED 100 
DEGREES...BUT IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA A WEAK COLD FRONT 
WILL KEEP THINGS AT LEAST A TOUCH COOLER WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. 
ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE 
MOST LIKELY AREA LIKELY TO FOCUS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM YORK TO ALMA 
NEBRASKA...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. FORTUNATELY...THIS BLAST 
OF FAIRLY INTENSE HEAT WILL BE RATHER SHORT-LIVED...AS WEDNESDAY 
WILL BRING MORE TOLERABLE TEMPERATURES ONLY RANGING FROM THE MID 80S 
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...TO THE LOW 90S IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. 


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