729  
FOUS53 KLBF 021631  
PFMLBF  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
NEZ025-022100-  
NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-THOMAS NE  
41.90N 100.27W ELEV. 2695 FT  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 57 34 58 26 56  
TEMP 46 54 59 47 42 38 34 39 52 58 50 35 31 28 28 35 49 55 54  
DEWPT 37 38 38 40 39 36 34 33 29 25 26 25 24 23 23 25 26 26 25  
RH 71 54 45 76 89 92100 79 41 28 39 66 75 81 81 66 40 32 32  
WIND DIR N N SE SE E E N NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 5 4 8 10 10 8 6 10 13 19 21 19 17 18 17 23 23 23 14  
WIND GUST 20 19 17 32 29 27 28 28 34 33  
CLOUDS SC SC FW SC B2 B1 OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 SC FW FW  
POP 12HR 0 40 40 20 5  
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0.02 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN S C C C C C C S S  
SNOW S  
WIND CHILL 36 32 28 32 24 20 15 16 24  
MIN CHILL 34 36 27 27 18 14 16  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 29 66 30 54 27 62 39 72  
TEMP 34 30 61 63 39 31 51 52 34 28 53 61 47 41 66 65  
DEWPT 28 27 30 28 32 30 32 29 27 25 31 33 33 34 38 34  
PWIND DIR NW NW NE E E S S NW  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10 20 10 20  
RAIN S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ022-022100-  
CRESCENT LAKE NWS-GARDEN NE  
41.74N 102.41W ELEV. 3850 FT  
1031 AM MDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
MDT 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 69 36 54 26 60  
TEMP 57 68 67 56 47 41 36 41 51 53 44 33 30 28 28 39 54 60 58  
DEWPT 36 33 35 38 36 31 23 18 18 19 22 23 23 22 23 25 24 22 20  
RH 45 27 30 51 65 67 59 39 27 26 41 66 75 78 81 57 31 23 23  
WIND DIR SW S S NE N NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 9 14 14 13 13 17 18 25 28 32 29 24 19 19 18 25 28 27 19  
WIND GUST 28 35 42 48 47 37 31 29 28 36 41 41 32  
CLOUDS FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 40 70 40 30 0  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.03 0.02 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN C C L C C C C C C C  
SNOW C  
WIND CHILL 33 26 31 34 21 17 16 16 28  
MIN CHILL 25 25 33 16 14 17  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
MDT 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 28 67 31 61 29 69 39 74  
TEMP 35 28 59 65 42 31 57 58 37 31 60 66 48 41 68 66  
DEWPT 24 22 25 22 26 26 30 28 28 27 29 31 32 28 31 30  
PWIND DIR NW W E E SE S S N  
WIND CHAR LT GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20 10 10 10  
RAIN S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ004-022100-  
RUSHVILLE-SHERIDAN NE  
42.71N 102.47W ELEV. 3746 FT  
1031 AM MDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
MDT 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 65 33 47 22 55  
TEMP 53 65 60 51 44 39 33 40 46 45 32 28 26 24 24 33 47 54 52  
DEWPT 37 34 38 41 40 35 28 26 26 25 25 25 24 24 23 27 29 28 27  
RH 54 31 44 68 86 85 82 57 45 45 75 88 92100 96 78 49 36 38  
WIND DIR S S S W NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 6 9 10 6 5 8 10 13 18 20 18 13 10 9 9 13 14 14 11  
WIND GUST 17 16 19 21 27 29 34 31 25 21 21 23 27 28 28 21  
CLOUDS FW SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 60 80 80 60 5  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.20 0.07 0.03 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN S L D L L L D D  
SNOW L D L L S S  
TSTMS S S S  
WIND CHILL 33 25 32 39 37 21 17 16 14 15 23  
MIN CHILL 39 25 24 19 15 14 16  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
MDT 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 26 62 27 54 27 68 37 66  
TEMP 32 27 57 60 37 29 50 52 35 29 59 66 46 40 59 60  
DEWPT 28 25 27 27 29 27 31 30 28 27 30 31 33 29 32 29  
PWIND DIR NW NW E E SE S SW N  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN BZ GN BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 20  
RAIN S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ005-022100-  
VALENTINE-EASTERN CHERRY NE  
42.86N 100.55W ELEV. 2580 FT  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 48 31 48 24 50  
TEMP 40 46 50 42 37 34 31 36 44 48 39 30 27 26 26 32 43 50 49  
DEWPT 35 36 36 37 36 32 31 32 32 29 28 26 24 24 24 25 26 28 28  
RH 82 68 58 82 96 92100 85 62 47 64 85 88 92 92 75 51 42 44  
WIND DIR N E SE E E E N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 5 6 10 11 10 9 5 9 11 18 18 18 17 18 17 21 21 20 13  
WIND GUST 21 28 28 29 28 32 31 34 34 33  
CLOUDS OV B1 FW B1 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW  
POP 12HR 5 80 80 60 10  
QPF 12HR 0 0.08 0.06 0.03 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
FRZG RAIN D  
RAIN C L L D D L L L  
SNOW D L L C C  
TSTMS S  
WIND CHILL 35 30 27 25 30 38 30 18 15 13 13 19 34  
MIN CHILL 31 38 29 24 25 27 13 11 13 37  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 27 61 27 51 25 61 38 66  
TEMP 31 28 58 59 36 29 47 48 31 26 53 59 45 40 61 60  
DEWPT 28 28 30 28 31 29 29 27 25 24 29 33 34 34 33 31  
PWIND DIR NW NW NE E E S S NW  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 20 20 20 20 10 10  
RAIN S S  
SNOW S S S S  
 

 
NEZ010-022100-  
O'NEILL-HOLT NE  
42.48N 98.68W ELEV. 2000 FT  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 45 30 44 26 46  
TEMP 39 43 45 38 35 33 30 32 38 44 42 32 29 28 28 33 41 46 44  
DEWPT 37 37 36 36 34 32 30 32 36 34 34 30 27 26 25 27 29 29 28  
RH 92 79 70 92 96 96100100 92 68 73 92 92 92 88 78 62 51 53  
WIND DIR N N E E E E E NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 10 6 3 6 10 10 9 8 8 10 13 14 17 19 19 25 25 23 14  
WIND GUST 25 27 29 29 35  
CLOUDS OV B2 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW  
POP 12HR 10 40 70 30 5  
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.07 0.01 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN C C L C C C  
SNOW L C S S  
WIND CHILL 32 27 25 22 25 32 38 34 21 17 15 15 20 31 38 37  
MIN CHILL 28 34 27 21 22 33 17 13 15 32  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 25 59 29 49 25 56 39 69  
TEMP 30 27 55 56 36 31 46 47 31 26 48 54 46 42 63 62  
DEWPT 28 27 36 33 33 30 31 28 25 23 29 34 34 36 40 36  
PWIND DIR NW NW N NE E SE S W  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN GN BZ BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 10 20 10 20 20 20  
RAIN S S S S  
SNOW S S  
 

 
NEZ038-022100-  
BROKEN BOW-CUSTER NE  
41.44N 99.66W ELEV. 2475 FT  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 57 33 57 26 56  
TEMP 45 54 57 45 41 38 33 38 51 57 54 36 32 28 28 37 49 55 53  
DEWPT 38 39 40 39 38 36 33 36 34 30 28 26 24 23 23 25 28 27 26  
RH 76 57 53 79 89 92100 92 52 35 36 67 72 81 81 61 44 34 35  
WIND DIR NW NW SE SE SE NE NE N NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 10 6 5 10 13 11 11 12 13 18 20 19 19 19 19 25 23 21 16  
WIND GUST 24 21 28 29 31 36 36 34  
CLOUDS B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW  
POP 12HR 0 20 30 10 0  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN S S C C  
WIND CHILL 33 30 25 30 25 20 15 15 25  
MIN CHILL 31 32 24 23 19 13 16  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 27 66 29 56 26 61 37 74  
TEMP 33 28 60 62 39 31 53 54 34 27 53 60 47 42 68 68  
DEWPT 26 27 31 27 29 29 32 29 27 25 31 31 33 35 39 36  
PWIND DIR NW NW NE E E SE S W  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10 20 10 20  
RAIN S S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ059-022100-  
NORTH PLATTE-LINCOLN NE  
41.14N 100.68W ELEV. 2800 FT  
1131 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 64 37 60 26 60  
TEMP 51 61 64 51 49 44 37 42 53 60 52 38 34 29 28 37 53 60 58  
DEWPT 39 41 41 41 40 39 35 32 26 23 24 25 24 24 23 25 27 27 26  
RH 63 48 43 68 71 82 92 67 35 24 33 59 66 81 81 61 36 28 29  
WIND DIR NW SW SE SE SE NE N NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N  
WIND SPD 6 8 10 13 14 12 13 16 18 23 24 19 16 14 13 18 19 19 12  
WIND GUST 28 34 29 31 31  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 0 20 20 10 5  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN S S S  
WIND CHILL 38 29 35 29 24 18 18 27  
MIN CHILL 38 28 27 22 16 18  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 27 68 30 60 27 65 38 76  
TEMP 36 28 62 66 43 32 55 58 38 29 56 63 49 40 68 69  
DEWPT 28 26 30 28 30 29 33 30 30 26 34 34 36 35 37 35  
PWIND DIR NW NW E E E SE S NW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 20 20 20  
RAIN S S S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ057-022100-  
OGALLALA-KEITH NE  
41.05N 101.80W ELEV. 3223 FT  
1031 AM MDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
MDT 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 66 38 59 27 61  
TEMP 53 64 67 54 50 42 38 42 53 59 52 38 34 29 29 38 54 60 59  
DEWPT 41 41 40 38 37 33 29 25 22 22 23 23 23 22 22 25 28 25 23  
RH 64 43 37 54 61 70 70 50 29 24 32 54 64 75 75 59 36 26 25  
WIND DIR W S S SE NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 5 11 13 17 16 17 18 23 25 28 27 21 18 18 16 23 24 23 14  
WIND GUST 37 32 33  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 5 20 20 10 0  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN S S S S S S S  
WIND CHILL 34 28 32 28 23 17 17 27  
MIN CHILL 28 27 22 15 18  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
MDT 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 27 67 31 61 28 66 39 76  
TEMP 37 28 61 65 44 33 56 59 38 30 58 65 49 41 69 69  
DEWPT 26 24 29 26 27 28 33 30 28 27 32 33 35 32 36 33  
PWIND DIR NW NW E E E S S N  
WIND CHAR LT LT GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 20 10 10  
RAIN S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
NEZ069-022100-  
IMPERIAL-CHASE NE  
40.54N 101.63W ELEV. 3284 FT  
1031 AM MDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
DATE THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26 SAT 04/04/26  
MDT 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 68 39 61 28 64  
TEMP 55 66 70 58 54 44 39 44 55 61 54 40 35 31 30 41 57 64 62  
DEWPT 41 40 37 35 34 33 26 21 18 18 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 23 22  
RH 59 38 30 42 46 65 59 39 23 19 26 44 59 72 75 52 30 21 21  
WIND DIR W S SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N  
WIND SPD 6 12 13 18 16 19 21 25 26 28 26 21 18 17 14 21 23 21 13  
WIND GUST 28 27 31 34 37 37 42 39 33 27 26 34 35 33  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 0 10 10 5 0  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN  
WIND CHILL 36 29 34 30 24 20 19 31  
MIN CHILL 27 27 24 16 21  
 
DATE SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26 WED 04/08/26  
MDT 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 29 69 32 65 29 69 39 79  
TEMP 38 30 63 67 45 34 60 62 40 32 60 67 49 42 73 71  
DEWPT 24 23 27 25 26 27 31 30 29 27 31 32 34 34 35 34  
PWIND DIR NW NE E E E SE S N  
WIND CHAR LT LT GN GN GN BZ GN BZ  
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 20 10 20  
RAIN S S S  
SNOW S  
 

 
 
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