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FXUS63 KLBF 201052  
AFDLBF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
452 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 449 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL  
OUT OF THE SOUTH AROUND 5 TO 15 KTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME  
LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANDHILLS  
INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. ACROSS THE NORTHERN SANDHILLS AND NORTH  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA, WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.  
SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN  
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT CLEARING OVERNIGHT.  
 
 
   
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ  
LONG TERM...GOMEZ  
AVIATION...GOMEZ  
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