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FXUS63 KLBF 050443
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING
TRAVEL.
- DAMAGING NORTH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO THIS EVENING.
- HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SNOW THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY, THOUGH AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
ISSUED AT 303 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING AND BLIZZARD
WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY
183. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TO AROUND
OVERNIGHT, BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL LINGER IN AREAS
WHERE THE BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE EAST DURING THE
MORNING, THEN DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNNY SKIES, WITH HIGHS
40 TO 45 WEST AND MID TO UPPER 30S EAST.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE GREAT
BASIN. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW MOVING INTO
THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 303 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH WITH
THIS SYSTEM, WITH GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWN BY THE NAM, GFS AND
ECMWF. THE MAIN PERIOD WILL BE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN SOMEWHAT
UNCERTAIN, THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR NEAR 2 INCHES ALONG I80,
TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
COLDER AIR WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 30S. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOKS DRY AND WARMER AS UPPER
RIDGING RETURN TO THE REGION, WITH HIGHS BY SUNDAY 55 TO 60.
HIGHS BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOK TO RANGE IN THE 60S AS AN
UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE WESTERN U.S.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 1042 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BUT WILL
REMAIN GUSTY FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE MORNING. VFR
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALL AREAS AFTER SUNRISE. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR NEZ027>029-038.
SHORT TERM...ROBERG
LONG TERM...ROBERG
AVIATION...TAYLOR
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