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FXUS63 KLBF 151130
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
530 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Temperatures warm well above normal through mid-week along
  with dry conditions

- Gusty winds Wednesday into Wednesday night as a disturbance
  moves through the forecast area

- Brief cool down on Thursday, with above normal temperatures
  returning for Friday and Saturday

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 345 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

A warm front will continue to push eastward across the
state along with upper level ridging will lead to much warmer
temperatures for today, highs across much of western and north
central Nebraska around 20 to 30 degrees warmer than yesterday.
Highs will range from the upper 40s across north central Nebraska to
the low 60s across western Nebraska, this is around 15 to 20 degrees
above normal for this time of year. Warmer and dry conditions will
persist into Tuesday in the wake of the warm front and continued
upper level ridging with another day of above normal temperatures
and highs in the 50s and 60s.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 345 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

For Wednesday a clipper type system begins to translate eastward
into the region with increasing winds in front of the system.
Winds of 20 to 25 mph sustained and gust of 30 mph or greater
will be possible. This combined with the warmer temperatures and
drier conditions with min RH around 25 to 30 percent in western
Nebraska could lead to potential elevated to near-critical fire
weather concerns. At this time, probabilities suggest that the
system will likely remain dry as it passes through, but there is
a slight potential for some light precip, thus have slight
PoPs, generally less than 20 percent in the forecast, mainly
across the northern portions of the forecast area. As the system
moves through colder air will briefly move in for Thursday,
with highs around 20 degrees cooler as temperatures will only
reach the 30s to low 40s. Coldest temperatures will be across
the northern Sandhills into north central Nebraska with the
coldest air remain north into the Dakotas. Downslope flow
returns on Friday into Saturday with with above normal
temperatures returning and highs mostly in the 50s and 60s, with
dry conditions to end the week.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 526 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

VFR conditions will persist over the next 24 hours. Winds will
be out of the west to northwest around 5 to 10 kts through most
of the day, winds across southwest Nebraska will become light
and variable this evening into the overnight. Skies will be
mostly clear with some high clouds moving in across the northern
Sandhills by the end of the forecast period.

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

&&

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

NWS LBF Office Area Forecast Discussion