Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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330 FXUS63 KLBF 072051 AFDLBF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 251 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Slight chance of precipitation tonight across northern Nebraska - Strong winds Saturday, wind gust near 45 mph - Much cooler temperatures Sunday with highs in the 30s to 40s - Isolated chance of precipitation Saturday night into Sunday across far north central Nebraska that could have some snowflakes mixed in - Coldest temperatures of the season and wind chills in the single digits to teens on Saturday night and Sunday night && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 246 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025 A weak disturbance moves southeast tonight into Saturday, bringing a slight chance of precipitation across northern Nebraska into north central Nebraska. Latest models have trended precipitation a little westward than previous runs, back into the northwest Sandhills so have added PoPs westward. Temperatures should remain warm enough for precipitation type to remain all rain. A cold front will track across the area with strong winds expected out of the northwest. Sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected across western and north central Nebraska with wind gust of 45 mph and some isolated gust up to 50 mph possible. Strongest winds will be across western Nebraska and northern Nebraska. There could be some elevated fire weather concerns as well near and south of HWY 2 on Saturday afternoon where humidity values as low as 25 to 40 percent with the combination of strong winds. Did add a slight chance of PoPs across far north central Nebraska, confidence is low but there may be some light precip with the potential of some flurries, would expect a dusting at most in a more robust "snow shower". && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Issued at 246 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025 Cold Arctic air will push southward Saturday night into Sunday, bringing some of the coldest temperatures seen this season with lows int he teens to 20s. Wind chills will be in the single digits and teens Saturday night into Sunday and Sunday night into Monday, with coldest wind chills across north central nebraska. Colder air will be short lived as an upper level ridge begins to build in from the west and temperatures begin to warm Monday with highs across western Nebraska in the 60s. With 60s returning across all of western and north central Nebraska by Tuesday. No precipitation is expected in the long term. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 1133 AM CST Fri Nov 7 2025 VFR conditions should prevail over the next 24 hours. There will a brief period of LLWS across southwest Nebraska including KLBF terminal with winds of 40 kts. Surface winds will be out of the west to northwest this afternoon around 10 to 15 kts with wind gust up to 30 kts across northern Nebraska. Winds will be light overnight around 5 to 10 kts then increase tomorrow late morning out of the northwest around 15 to 20 kts with gust up to 35 kts. There may also be a chance of rain showers Saturday morning across portions of the northern Sandhills into north central Nebraska. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Gomez LONG TERM...Gomez AVIATION...Gomez