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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
633 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- One more day above normal temperatures expected for Monday

- Cooler near normal temperatures by Tuesday through the end of
  the week

- Precipitation chances Tuesday night through Thursday morning

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 357 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2026

Despite the cold front moving through most of the forecast area
today, the coldest air mass will be slow to infiltrate south
with the stronger CAA taking place Monday night. Thus one more
day of above normal temperatures, however did lower temperatures
slightly given the current cooler trend with todays highs,
keeping temperatures in the low to mid 70s across northern
Nebraska and in the low 80s for most of the forecast area with
the exception of far southern Nebraska. With the stronger CAA
moving in Monday night will see temperatures dropping into the
30s across northwest Nebraska, but should remain in the upper
30s so at this time no need for any frost/freeze headlines.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 357 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2026

With the colder air mass moving south Monday night will see
cooler, more near normal temperatures on Tuesday with highs only
in the upper 50s to low 60s across the northern Sandhills and in
the 60s to low 70s across the southern Sandhills into southwest
Nebraska. With extra moisture streaming into the region and a
disturbance moving in, will see chances for precipitation
increasing heading into Tuesday night. The greatest potential
for precipitation will be Wednesday, with scattered to
widespread rain showers expected. At this time, however
precipitation values look to be low, generally a quarter of an
inch or less. Scattered rain chances will linger into early
Thursday, with cooler temperatures expected through the week.
Thursday night and Friday night still looks to be the coldest
for overnight lows and will need to continue to monitor the
northwest Sandhills as the current trend continues to come in
cooler and may need frost/freeze headlines by the end of the
week.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 635 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2026

Low stratus and patchy fog will overspread the Sandhills and
northern Nebraska tonight, leading to widespread MVFR/IFR CIGs
and visibilities. This will persist into early tomorrow
afternoon, before gradual improvements back to VFR are expected
for all terminals. Southwesterly LLWS is expected to develop
across southwest and central Nebraska tonight as well.

Winds remain east-southeast tonight, at 5 to 15kts. Winds then
become northwesterly tomorrow afternoon, at 10 to 15kts.

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

&&

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

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