


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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523 FXUS63 KLBF 091145 AFDLBF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 645 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Fog this morning across southwest Nebraska - Above normal temperatures with highs in the 70s to 80s - Isolated chance of showers Friday evening into Saturday morning - Cold front moves through Sunday with cooler temperatures for Monday && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... Issued at 341 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 The main concern in the short term will be the fog potential. Expect fog to develop early this morning across southwest Nebraska, with generally patchy fog expected in low lying areas and along the river valley. The greater fog coverage will be across far southwest Nebraska closer to the border where fog the coverage is expected to be greater. Fog is expected to lift by mid morning, however southerly flow will continue to advect moisture into southwest Nebraska and there may be a lingering stratus deck that holds on til closer to noon. Will have to monitor how quickly the stratus moves out of the area as this could potentially impact temperatures across southwest Nebraska if stratus lingers past noon and could potentially see temperatures not reaching the upper 70s to low 80s. At the moment models have the frontal boundary moving in from the west and should help to move stratus eastward and out of the forecast area by late morning. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 341 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 An upper level ridge will be in place Friday keeping mild temperatures in place with highs in the 70s, which is 5 to 10 degrees above normal. A disturbance moves in late Friday along with a chance of precipitation starting Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Precipitation chances will be isolated and qpf will remain low. Temperatures will remain above normal for Sunday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. A front will move through Sunday night into Monday with highs on Monday in the low 60s. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 636 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 Low cigs will be possible across southwest and western Nebraska this morning with LIFR conditions or lower possible, including KLBF terminal. There will also be areas of dense fog possible across southwest Nebraska into the southeastern Panhandle, including KIML terminal. Fog and low cigs should lift by early afternoon with VFR conditions for the remainder of the forecast period. Winds will generally be out of the west to northwest around 5 to 10 kts in the afternoon. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Dense Fog Advisory until 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ this morning for NEZ022-056>058-069-070. && $$ SHORT TERM...Gomez LONG TERM...Gomez AVIATION...Gomez