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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
331 PM CST Sun Dec 7 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Light snow will continue to impact portions of the Sandhills and
north central Nebraska through this afternoon.

- The next system to potentially bring precipitation arrives
Wednesday with additional precipitation by late week.

- Temperatures remain fairly mild through Thursday with colder
weather expected by Friday and into next weekend.



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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 323 PM CST Sun Dec 7 2025

The shortwave trough will continue to move eastward into the
evening. Some lingering snow will be possible through the afternoon
across portions of the Sandhills and into northern and north central
Nebraska. Any accumulations with these light snow showers will be
light (generally under a half inch through 6pm CT). Forcing will
then push into eastern Nebraska by the evening bringing an end to
any snow showers across our area. A gradual clearing of clouds is
expected through the overnight with mostly clear skies expected by
sunrise Monday morning.

Temperatures will range from the upper teens to low 20s overnight.
With the gradual clearing of skies, wind chill values will drop into
the low to mid teens overnight as well.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 323 PM CST Sun Dec 7 2025

Upper level ridging builds across the western US on Monday bringing
with it a return to drier conditions. Warm air advection into the
region will push 850 mb temperatures in the 5 to 10 C range into
Nebraska. This will result in surface highs to easily rise into the
50s on Monday and even into the low 60s on Tuesday.

These warmer temperatures will be short lived as the next upper
level trough pushes through the Dakotas on Wednesday ushering in
some colder temperatures through the remainder of the extended
period. This trough will also bring some light precipitation chances
across areas mainly north of I-80 on Wednesday. At this time,
temperatures, while cooler than the previous couple of days, will
still remain in the low to mid 40s. Therefore, currently expecting
precipitation type to be mainly rain or a rain/snow mix. However,
some light snow could be possible after sunset, especially across
northern Nebraska where temperatures will fall below freezing.

Beyond Wednesday night, a series of disturbances will continue to
impact Nebraska bringing near daily chances for precipitation. Exact
track and strength of these systems are still a little uncertain, so
only included some low end chance PoPs (~30 percent) in the forecast
at this time. One thing that has higher confidence is the return to
colder temperatures by the end of the week. As the disturbances
track across the Plains, cold air advection will follow each system,
resulting in increasingly colder temperatures each day through the
end of the week. Highs on Friday will only rise into the low to mid
teens across north central, slightly warmer in the upper 20s in
southwest Nebraska. This colder air will stick around through at
least the first part of next weekend.

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1135 AM CST Sun Dec 7 2025

Light snow will persist across the Sandhills and into portions of
northern Nebraska through the afternoon. Any snow accumulations
should be under a half inch, but some brief visibility restrictions
will be possible. Snow pushes off to the east by late afternoon with
ceilings rising back into VFR through Monday morning.

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

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