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FXUS63 KLBF 061142
AFDLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
542 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- WINTRY WEATHER TODAY WITH A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
AND LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 THIS
MORNING, AND A THREAT FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
- A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW ON SUNDAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EAST WILL LEAD TO A
LARGE TEMPERATURE SPREAD WITH LOW TO MID 40S WEST TO MID 20S
EAST.
- WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH HIGHS PUSHING INTO THE 50S AND LOW 60S WITH MORE ACTIVE
WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING MID TO LATE WEEK.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 202 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2025
TODAY, AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
AND NEBRASKA, AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THE BEST LIFT WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW AND
SURFACE TROUGH, AND MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY EAST TO NEAR HIGHWAY 83
THIS MORNING WITH 40 TO 50 POPS, AND ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH 50 TO 80 POPS. THIS WILL COINCIDE WITH AN AREA OF WEAK
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND LOWEST PRESSURE DEFICITS. A BRIEF PERIOD
OF A WINTERY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WEST THIS MORNING, MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2,
INCLUDING THE I80 CORRIDOR. THIS MAY CREATE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE
ON ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. MAINLY LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING TO A HALF INCH ARE
FORECAST FOR AREAS EAST OF VALENTINE THROUGH BREWSTER. WITH
DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S FAR NORTHEAST, SOME MELTING
ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM, MUCH MILDER HIGHS
EXPECTED FROM THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS AND SOUTHWEST WITH HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 25
MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE WESTERN SANDHILLS.
TONIGHT, LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST
SATURDAY EVENING, AS THE SYSTEM LARGELY AFFECTS IOWA AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP INTO THE
EASTERN DAKOTAS AS MUCH COLDER AIR AND OVERCAST SKIES DROP
SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LOWS FROM 8 TO
15 ABOVE NORTH CENTRAL TO UPPER TEENS SOUTHWEST.
SUNDAY, A WARM FRONT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE ARCTIC HIGH WILL
BRING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MORNING WITH CLEARING ACROSS THE
WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL CONTRAST FROM THE MID 20S FAR
EASTERN COUNTIES, TO THE LOW 40S TO MID 40S FAR WESTERN
COUNTIES.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 202 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2025
WARMER AIR RETURNS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DEEP SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE OVER NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY WILL BRING GUSTY WESTERLY
DOWNSLOPE WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS FROM 55
TO 65 DEGREES, WHICH IS NEAR 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY, AS A
DEEP UPPER LOWS BECOMES CENTERED NEAR HUDSON BAY CANADA, AND
UPPER RIDGING AMPLIFIES ALONG THE WEST COAST AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA. THIS WILL BRING AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT
RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 30S TO MID 50S
WEDNESDAY WILL GRADUALLY COOL TO THE UPPER 20S TO UPPER 30S BY
FRIDAY.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 542 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2025
A MIX OF -SNRA AT THE KLBF TERMINAL UNTIL 15Z. LIGHT SNOW WILL
CONTINUE MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. WINDS
WILL INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 15 KT
WITH GUST OF 25 KTS. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
NEBRASKA TONIGHT, BRINGING MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS TO NORTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LOWER CEILINGS MAY ALSO REACH KLBF
AFTER 06Z, AND MAY NEED TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE NEXT TAF
ISSUANCE.
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...ROBERG
LONG TERM...ROBERG
AVIATION...ROBERG
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