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FXUS63 KLBF 041720
AFDLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1120 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND
- THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH WIDESPREAD
50S AND 60S
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
ISSUED AT 401 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING. THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS WILL BRING
NORTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARMER
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. DID KEEP TEMPERATURES
COOLER ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HOWEVER, AS LOW CLOUDS
WILL LINGER THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY AND KEEP TEMPERATURES
COOLER, HIGHS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE IN THE UPPER
30S. THE REST OF WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO THE SANDHILLS WILL BE IN
THE 40S TO LOW 50S.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 401 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD TO THE WEST AND SLOWLY START TO
MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. THURSDAY
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARDS EXTREME TEMPERATURES WITH
WIDESPREAD UPPER 50S TO MID 60S EXPECTED. THERE IS EVEN THE
POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO BE NEAR RECORDS FOR 3 OF THE 4 CLIMATE
SITES. A WEAK FRONT PUSHES IN FRIDAY, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL, THEY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THURSDAY,
WITH THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 40S.
THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE CENTRAL CONUS BY THE WEEKEND.
EFI AND SOT CONTINUES TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME
TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR
ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH THE TREND CONTINUING
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FORECAST HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID
60S SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY, AND IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE, COULD
POTENTIALLY SEE EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND.
AS FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES, DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. THERE WILL BE ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS THURSDAY AND AGAIN DURING THE WEEKEND, WITH THE
COMBINATION OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, DRY CONDITIONS AND
BREEZY WINDS.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 1120 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
A BROAD STRATUS DECK, EXTENDING FROM AROUND KVTN TO KTIF, WILL
SLOWLY TRACK EAST AND DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME,
EXPECT SCATTERED TO BROKEN CEILINGS RANGING FROM 1000 TO 1500 FT
AGL IN THESE AREAS. EXPECT CLEARING LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
FEW TO SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT 10 KTS OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KTS
THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
THE KLBF AND KVTN TERMINALS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.
CLIMATE
ISSUED AT 401 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AND WILL
BE NEARING RECORD HIGHS ON THURSDAY FOR NORTH PLATTE, BROKEN BOW
AND VALENTINE. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS THE SANDHILLS. HERE ARE THE RECORD
HIGHS FOR THE FOUR CLIMATE SITES ALONG WITH THE FORECAST HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THURSDAY.
...........FORECAST HIGH.....RECORD HIGH................
NORTH PLATTE....66 DEGREES...69 DEGREES(1904)
BROKEN BOW......65 DEGREES...66 DEGREES(2009)
VALENTINE.......64 DEGREES...68 DEGREES(1963)
IMPERIAL........66 DEGREES...74 DEGREES(1904)
LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...GOMEZ
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...BUTTLER
CLIMATE...GOMEZ
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