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FXUS63 KLBF 131720
AFDLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1220 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TODAY AND TUESDAY
- CHANCE OF SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY EVEN
THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
- TEMPERATURES MODERATE BRIEFLY BACK INTO THE 70S/80S FOR
WEDNESDAY
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2025
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL TODAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
COLD FRONT YESTERDAY, HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW
60S. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES AND LIFT
ALSO INCREASES MONDAY EVENING WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY INCREASING MONDAY
OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GENERALLY EXPECT MOSTLY SHOWER ACTIVITY BUT
MARGINAL INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA MAY BE ENOUGH FOR AN EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORM. AS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY, HIGHS WILL ONLY
BE IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS INTO NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS STRATUS AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON PEAK HEATING HOURS.
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2025
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS AND WAA
WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY, WITH A BRIEF
WARMING OF TEMPERATURES EXPECTED, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. WINDS
WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH THE APPROACHING SFC LOW AND WILL SEE
WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUST UP TO 30 MPH. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY AND BRING THE NEXT
CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND EVEN THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S ON
FRIDAY.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1220 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2025
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH BOTH TERMINALS BECOMING
OVERCAST MID TO LATE EVENING. CEILINGS WILL LOWER AT BOTH
TERMINALS WITH MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MORNING. THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AT BOTH TERMINALS.
CEILINGS WILL FALL TO AROUND 1000 FT AGL AT THE KLBF TERMINAL
AFTER 14Z TUESDAY AND TO AROUND 1700 FT AGL AT THE KVTN TERMINAL
AFTER 16Z TUESDAY.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...BUTTLER
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