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FXUS63 KLBF 201732
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1132 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 /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1131 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING QUIET AVIATION CONDITIONS TO THE
REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. OUTSIDE OF SOME HIGH CLOUDS, SKIES
REMAIN CLEAR WITH VFR CEILINGS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHT (UNDER 10
KNOTS) THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...KULIK
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