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FXUS63 KLBF 290553
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1253 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Chance of patchy fog early Thursday morning across portions of
  western and north central Nebraska

- Precipitation chances increase Friday afternoon through the
  evening hours

- Another, stronger system will move in to the Central Plains
  early next week, bringing a chance for precipitation and
  strong winds

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Issued at 358 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

The main concern in the short term will again be the chance for fog
to develop in the overnight. At this time fog looks to be patchy,
with the greatest potential of patchy fog development across
southwest Nebraska into North Central Nebraska where dew points will
be in the upper 30s and lows will be in the upper 30s as well. This
area will also see winds diminish this evening becoming light and
variable overnight into early Thursday morning. Across western
Nebraska winds will be slightly stronger around 5 to 10 mph and
should keep enough overnight mixing to keep fog from forming. As for
high temperatures on Thursday, expect temperatures to remain in the
low 60s, however there is the potential for stratus to form Thursday
morning and could linger through the late morning, which could keep
high temperatures slightly cooler across southwest Nebraska.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 358 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Still continue to expect an active weather pattern setting up
heading into the weekend and early next week. A shortwave trof
will move in Friday, with increasing moisture out ahead of the
trof, will see the potential for rain showers and maybe an
isolated chance for a thunderstorm late Friday afternoon into
Friday overnight, before tapering Saturday morning. Expect
Saturday afternoon and evening to remain mostly dry before focus
turns on the next system. Still continue to see discrepancies
between the models with one model brining in the system as more
of a stronger closed low and the other bringing it in more open
wave. Continue to have low confidence in this time as to the
exact track of the storm, but the potential exist for gusty
winds and precipitation late Sunday through Tuesday.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/...
Issued at 1251 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the forecast period.

Variable winds early will becoming primarily south to
southeasterly with gusts across northern Nebraska around 20 to
25 knots. High clouds will pass through the area until late in
the period with low stratus may envelope southwest Nebraska and
lead to degraded conditions once again.

&&

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

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Gomez
LONG TERM...Gomez
AVIATION...NMJ

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