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FXUS63 KLBF 080544
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1244 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Precipitation chances return Wednesday night through Friday night
  (mainly 20-40%).

- Best precipitation chances Saturday afternoon into Saturday night
  (30-60%) with additional chances Sunday through Tuesday.

- Near to slightly above normal highs through Friday, then much
  warmer temperatures Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 70s
  to low 80s.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Issued at 150 PM CDT Tue Apr 7 2026

A northern stream trough will move into the Northern Plains tonight,
and drive a cold front into north central Nebraska after
midnight. Southerly winds will become southwest in advance of
the cold front and lead to milder temperatures across the
forecast area tonight from 35 to 40. The cold front will quickly
move through the forecast area Wednesday morning, with a gusty
northerly wind 15 to 25 mph. Wind diminish to 5 to 15 mph by
late afternoon. Highs in the low to mid 60s. There will be
elevated fire weather concerns, as humidity falls to 20 to 25
percent during the afternoon. The gusty winds diminish by mid to
late afternoon, during the time of lowest humidity.

The front will stall out across northern Kansas Wednesday
night. A mid level disturbance will bring a chance for light showers
across the Sandhills after midnight.

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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 150 PM CDT Tue Apr 7 2026

Zonal flow aloft Thursday through Friday, as a frontal boundary
remains stalled out across central and northern Kansas. This will
bring a 20 to 40 percent chance for showers, with the higher POPs
across the south. A warmup to 70 and low 70s southwestern areas
Thursday, then cooler in the upper 50s to around 60 on Friday with
easterly winds.

A shortwave trough will move into the Southwestern U.S. Friday night
and Saturday. This will bring southwesterly flow aloft to the
region as surface low pressure deepens across Wyoming and
Montana. This will bring increasing POPs from 30 to 60 percent
by Saturday afternoon and evening, along with gusty south winds
20 to 30 mph, and highs warming into the 70s. Thunderstorms
will also be possible Saturday afternoon and evening, mainly
across southwest and central Nebraska.

Unsettled weather will persist Sunday through Tuesday. A longwave
trough will move into the Southwestern U.S. on Sunday, reaching the
Central Rockies and Four Corners Monday, and the Central Plains
region Monday night into Tuesday. This will bring POPs from 30 to 50
percent. Although timing is uncertain, the latest forecast brings
much colder air in behind a strong cold front Monday night, with
much cooler highs in the low 40s to low 50s Tuesday. Depending how
the upper trough becomes oriented, and if a closed low develops,
some light snow accumulations are possible Monday night into
Tuesday. Confidence is low on this being impactful, but will
continue to monitor model trends closely in the coming days.

Highs will be warmest on Sunday in the upper 70s to near 80, then
upper 60s to low 70s Monday as the cold front begins to move in.
Highs Tuesday have trended colder, now in the low 40s to low
50s.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 1234 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

There will be a brief period of LLWS this morning before sunrise
across both KVTN and KLBF terminals with winds out of the
southwest around 35 to 40 kts. VFR conditions will prevail
through the forecast period across western and north central
Nebraska. Sfc winds will shift to the northwest this morning
around 10 to 15 kts sustained with gusts up to 25 kts. Winds
will diminish this evening with northerly winds of 5 kts or less
across the northern Sandhills and light and variable winds
across western and southwest Nebraska.


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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SHORT TERM...Roberg
LONG TERM...Roberg
AVIATION...Gomez

NWS LBF Office Area Forecast Discussion