898  
AWUS83 KGID 241618  
RWSGID  
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-  
242300-  
 
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
1018 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009  
 
AS OF 1000 AM THIS MORNING...ONLY THE EXTREME EASTERN FRINGES OF  
NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WERE STILL EXPERIENCING ANY RAINFALL  
FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAD MOVED EASTWARD INTO IOWA AND  
MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...SUNNY SKIES DOMINATED THE BULK OF NEBRASKA  
AND KANSAS. MID MORNING REGIONAL TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE  
30S. OVERNIGHT...ALLIANCE NEBRASKA WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST SPOTS IN  
NEBRASKA OR KANSAS WITH A LOW OF 18 DEGREES.  
 
THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LEFT BEHIND HIGHLY VARIABLE  
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH MANY PLACES  
PICKING UP LESS THAN 10 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...SUCH AS HASTINGS  
NEBRASKA AND PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS...WHILE OTHER LOCATIONS  
TALLIED BETWEEN 75 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND ONE INCH...INCLUDING  
OSCEOLA NEBRASKA AND BELOIT KANSAS. SNOW WISE...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST  
NEBRASKA RECEIVED GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES...WHILE PARTS OF  
NORTHWEST KANSAS SAW ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES.  
 
THIS AFTERNOON...THE MAIN STORY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE  
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS COMMONLY 15 TO 25  
MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. OTHERWISE...SUNSHINE WILL  
DOMINATE THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...WITH SOME  
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO BRUSH THE EXTREME EASTERN EDGES  
OF BOTH STATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FAIRLY  
UNIFORM...WITH MOST OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS TOPPING OUT BETWEEN 43  
AND 50 DEGREES.  
 
TONIGHT...ANOTHER FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE  
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...BUT THIS SHOULD BRING NOTHING MORE  
THAN A CHANCE FOR SNOW FLURRIES TO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW...SOME OF THESE FLURRIES OR  
SPRINKLES COULD MAKE IT SOUTHWARD INTO AT LEAST NORTHERN KANSAS AS  
WELL. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN STORY TOMORROW WILL AGAIN BE NORTHWEST  
WINDS...WITH ANOTHER DAY OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND  
GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF  
NEBRASKA.  
 
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL  
BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 33 DEGREES...WITH SOME LOWER 20S LIKELY  
IN THE FAR WEST. HIGHS TOMORROW ACROSS MOST OF NEBRASKA WILL BE A  
FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 40 AND 45  
DEGREES...WHILE MOST OF KANSAS TOPS OUT BETWEEN 45 AND 50.  
 

 
 
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