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FXUS63 KLBF 082323
AFDLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
523 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- ISOLATED CHANCE OF PRECIP TONIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LIGHT SNOW, LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATION
- WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS ON TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY NIGHT
- MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S TO 40S
- TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE NORMAL BY TUESDAY
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/
ISSUED AT 406 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2025
COLD FRONT AS ADVANCE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE, CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH WIND GUST OF 45 MPH OR GREATER. WILL SEE WINDS DECREASE
EARLY THIS EVENING. COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS
A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. WILL
SEE TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DROP INTO THE LOW 20S ACROSS WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND INTO THE TEENS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
WITH STRONG CAA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN
SANDHILLS, GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HWY 83 AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. PRECIP TYPE WILL REMAIN RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON, BUT AS SUNSET APPROACHES AND TEMPERATURES COOL THERE WILL
BE A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. GENERALLY EXPECTING LITTLE
TO NO ACCUMULATION, HOWEVER A DUSTING COULD BE POSSIBLE IN A MORE
ROBUST SHOWER. EXPECTING SHOWER ACTIVITY TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND BE FOCUSED EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE SUNDAY TO GET TO THE LOW TO MID 30S
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA, THE SANDHILLS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA
WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S. SUNDAY'S LOW TEMPERATURES
WILL BE EVEN COLDER WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS. BOTH NIGHTS WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 406 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2025
COLDER AIR WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM
MONDAY WITH HIGHS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA IN THE 60S. WITH 60S
RETURNING ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY
TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE WEEK, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 70S BY FRIDAY. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 525 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2025
LOW STRATUS PERSISTS INTO TONIGHT, LEADING TO MVFR CIGS FOR MUCH
OF THE SANDHILLS AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS LOW STRATUS
THEN DRIFTS WEST INTO SUNDAY MORNING, WITH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT
BACK TO VFR FROM EAST TO WEST. PRECIPITATION ALSO PERSISTS FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE SANDHILLS, ENDING PRIOR TO
MIDNIGHT CST.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET, WEAKENING
OVERNIGHT. WINDS THEN REMAIN NORTHERLY INTO SUNDAY MORNING, AT
10 TO 15KTS. WINDS STRENGTHEN FROM THE NORTH AGAIN TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25KTS POSSIBLE.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...BROWN
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