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FXUS63 KLBF 200933
AFDLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
333 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
- AFTER A BRIEF COOLER DAY TODAY, TEMPERATURES RETURN INTO THE
50S FOR THE WEEKEND
- ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS WEEKEND ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
ISSUED AT 328 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE LINGERING
COOLER TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS FOR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE IT IS
INFLUENCED BY THE CAA. FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO THE SANDHILLS,
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY, THEY ARE BEGINNING
TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE BUILDING RIDGE TO THE WEST AND WILL BE
MORE MODERATELY COOLER.
FOR SATURDAY, THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD AND
THE COLDER AIR ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TRANSLATES EAST AS
WELL. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S.
WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL HAVE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES AS WAA WILL
PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50S TO LOW 60S. WITH THE WARMER AND
DRIER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THERE WILL BE SOME ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA, WINDS WILL BE REMAIN
LIGHT, GENERALLY AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 328 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, KEEPING THE
WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE. THIS WILL
ALSO LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, HOWEVER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH MID-WEEK. THERE COULD
POTENTIALLY BE A SYSTEM THAT MOVES INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY,
BUT AT THIS TIME THERE IS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS THE SYSTEM IS
STILL OFFSHORE, WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS IT GETS
CLOSER.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1045 PM CST THU DEC 19 2024
STRONG, GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING
THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 10 KTS BY LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL WITH SKIES
GENERALLY CLEAR. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTH 10-15 KTS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...TAYLOR
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