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FXUS63 KLBF 082358
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
558 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- High confidence in continued dry conditions through next week.

- Moderate to high confidence in above normal temperatures for much
of next week, the exception being mid-week where temperatures could
drop back to near-normal.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 109 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

Quiet conditions will continue through tonight as upper level
ridging remains firmly in place over the western US. This ridging
will keep any major chances of precipitation out of our area as well
as allow for surface high pressure to settle over the Great Plains.
For temperatures, this upper level ridge will bring persistent
warmer temperatures to the region as a surge of 850mb temperatures
in the 9 to 15 C range push into central and western Nebraska. These
warmer low to mid level temperatures will allow for surface highs to
easily rise into the mid to upper 60s over the next couple hours for
much of the region. Surface lows will also remain well above normals
into the mid to upper 30s for most locations with north central
Nebraska even remaining in the low to mid 40s on tonight. Normal
lows for this time of year are in the mid to upper 20s.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 109 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

Strong upper level ridging will continue into next week allowing for
dry conditions to persist. As high pressure settles over the region,
warm air advection will continue to push milder air into the region.
Temperatures will remain above normals in the low to mid 60s,
potentially even into the mid to upper 60s through much of next
week. The exception will Wednesday and Thursday as weak troughing
digs south just to the east of Nebraska. This will allow for some
cooler air behind the trough dropping highs on both days across
north central Nebraska potentially into the mid to upper 40s.
Elsewhere, highs will also drop, but only into the upper 50s to low
60s. While temperatures will gradually warm back into the mid 60s by
the end of the week and into the weekend, highs across the north
central area will be slow to increase, only rising into the mid 50s
by Saturday. Overnight lows will also remain fairly mild in the mid
to upper 30s through the week and even rising into the low 40s on
Tuesday night. However, the CAA pushing into the region mid-week
will also drop lows across the region. North central Nebraska will
see lows fall into the upper 20s with lows elsewhere dropping into
the low to mid 30s on both Wednesday and Thursday nights. In
addition to cooler temperatures, some stronger wind gusts will be
possible with this trough. There`s a potential for gusts up to 35
mph across the Sandhills and north central Nebraska Wednesday
afternoon as the trough pivots across the region. These stronger
winds will be brief, diminishing by Wednesday evening.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 550 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

VFR conditions will persist over the next 24 hours. There will
be a brief period of LLWS across portions of the northern
Sandhills into north central Nebraska, including KVTN terminal
tonight, with winds around 40 kts out of the west southwest.
Winds will be out of the south to southwest around 5 to 10 kt
with gusts up to 20 kts this evening and overnight, strongest
across northern Nebraska. Winds will then switch to the north
Monday morning to early afternoon, with gusts up to 20 kts
across northern Nebraska.

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

&&

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SHORT TERM...Kulik
LONG TERM...Kulik
AVIATION...Gomez

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