847  
FXUS63 KLBF 222350  
AFDLBF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
550 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- DRY CONDITIONS WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE  
THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS.  
 
- A SYSTEM CROSSES THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, BRINGING  
A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS, THOUGH CONFIDENCE IN ACCUMULATING  
PRECIPITATION REMAINS LOW.  
 
 
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
ISSUED AT 306 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD  
FRONT IS PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. NORTH PLATTE REACHED A  
RECORD HIGH OF 71 DEGREES. WITH THE WARMTH AND GUSTY WINDS, NEAR  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WERE REACHED ACROSS THE SOUTH, THOUGH  
INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS AND WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION IS BRINGING  
TEMPERATURES DOWN SLIGHTLY.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/  
 
ISSUED AT 306 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
A WEAK COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING INCREASED  
MID AND HIGH CLOUDINESS THIS EVENING WITH CLEARING AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 30, WHICH IS AROUND  
15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  
 
MONDAY, AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES, AS AN UPSTREAM TROUGH MOVES INTO  
WESTERN MT AND WESTERN WY. THE H5 FLOW ACROSS NEBRASKA WILL BE  
WEST NORTHWESTERLY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN REACH OVER 15  
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT WEST TO SOUTHWEST  
AT ONLY AROUND 5 MPH, SO MIXING WILL BE LIMITED. WENT NEAR THE  
NBM FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S, WITH MID 40S IN THE FAR  
NORTHEAST.  
 
MONDAY NIGHT, AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REACH THE WESTERN HIGH  
PLAINS OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT. LOWS  
WILL AGAIN RANGE FROM 25 TO 30.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 306 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY, AS THE  
AIRMASS REMAINS PACIFIC AND QUITE MILD. HIGHS REACH 50 TO 55  
WEST AND 45 TO 50 EAST.  
 
THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE IN THE  
AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY). AN UPPER TROUGH WITH A  
DEEP UPPER LOW WILL REACH TO NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS WEDNESDAY  
MORNING AND ADVANCE TO NEAR THE CO/NM BORDER AREA BY EARLY  
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE  
SOUTHERLY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER  
LEVELS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS  
INTO THE UPPER 30S IN THE AREA. THIS SYNOPTIC SETUP MAY BRING  
STRATUS AND FOG DURING THE MORNING AS SHOWN BY THE 15Z SREF. THE  
13Z NBM ALSO BRING A 20-35 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF VISIBILITIES  
LESS THAN 5 MILES NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE GFS AND  
ECMWF EACH INDICATING SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE  
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, WHERE 20 POPS EXIST IN THE  
FORECAST.  
 
THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY REMAINS  
UNCERTAIN, AS THE 12Z GFS AND CANADIAN TRACK THE UPPER LOW FROM  
FAR SOUTHEASTERN CO INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS THROUGH THE DAY  
THURSDAY. THE 12Z ECMWF IS ABOUT 150 MILES FURTHER SOUTHEAST BY  
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HAVE A LARGE AFFECT ON THE  
COVERAGE AND HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION FALLS ACROSS WESTERN AND  
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN ON THE  
NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO  
THURSDAY, GFS ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SHOWS PROBABILITIES OF >0.1" OF  
QPF REACHING 30 TO 60 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF  
THE FORECAST AREA, WHILE THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE IS 10 TO 30 PERCENT  
AT BEST. REGARDLESS OF THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM, A LOOK AT  
FORECAST SOUNDINGS POINT TOWARDS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS ALL  
RAIN, WITH A LACK OF LOW- LEVEL COLD AIR. HIGHEST POPS ARE 40  
PERCENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, WITH A SLIGHT  
CHANCE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.  
 
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO  
UPPER 40S FRIDAY AND UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S SATURDAY. AN UPPER  
TROUGH PASSAGE SUPPORTS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY  
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BEYOND SATURDAY, GUIDANCE INDICATES A PATTERN  
SHIFT TOWARDS COLDER TEMPERATURES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AT THE  
END OF THE YEAR, THOUGH CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW WITH RESPECT TO  
ANY PERIOD LOOKING MOST FAVORABLE FOR ANY PRECIPITATION LOCALLY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 549 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH JUST SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID  
AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE THIS  
EVENING WITH WIND GENERALLY IN THE 5-10 KT RANGE THROUGH THE  
DAY MONDAY.  
 
 
   
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...ROBERG  
SHORT TERM...ROBERG  
LONG TERM...ROBERG  
AVIATION...TAYLOR  
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