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FXUS63 KOAX 050845
AFDOAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
245 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

.DISCUSSION...

TEMPERATURES AND SKY CONDITION WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH
THE SHORT TERM.

WILL CONTINUE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
THIS MORNING AND LET LATER SHIFT DECIDE IF ADDITIONAL HEADLINES
NEEDED AGAIN TONIGHT.

AREA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BROAD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE EARLY
THIS MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO STAY ON THE COLD SIDE
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH WIND AND SKY COVER IMPACTING EXTENT OF
COOLING DURING THIS TIME. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AS
HIGH BUILDS INTO THE REGION AND SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN ON THE
LIGHT SIDE INTO SATURDAY AS HIGH CENTER LINGERS OVER THE LOWER
MISSOURI VALLEY. SKY COVER MORE PROBLEMATIC AS FAST WEST TO
SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW STAYS OVER THE REGION WITH PERIODS OF MID TO
HIGH CLOUDS AS WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW.

MORE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF SNOW AS UPPER WAVE COMING INTO THE
SOUTHWEST CONUS BEGINS TO LIFT OUT ONTO THE PLAINS. NONE OF THE
MODELS REALLY BIG ON QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE FLUFFY TYPE SNOW.

EXTENDED MODELS HANG ON TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH SOME MODERATION INDICATED MID TO LATE WEEK AS FLOW BECOMES
LESS AMPLIFIED AND MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KOMA AND KLNK.

MVFR CIGS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF KLNK/KOFK OVER NEXT FEW
HOURS...ALTHOUGH THEY COULD LINGER AT KOMA INTO THURSDAY MORNING
AND POSSIBLY REDEVELOP IN NERN NEBR WITH WEAK HEATING THU AFTN.
LIGHT SNOW...MOSTLY ALOFT IN SERN NEBR SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY SOUTH
OF KLNK/KOMA TNGT WITH ANY FLURRY ACTIVITY AT THOSE SITES HAVING
MINIMAL OR NO AVIATION IMPACTS.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR
     NEZ011-012-016-017.

IA...NONE.
&&

$$

FOBERT/CHERMOK