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National Weather Service North Platte NE
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

NEZ025-172100-
Nebraska National Forest-Thomas NE
41.90N 100.27W Elev. 2695 ft
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      86          62          82          61          79
Temp                   82 86 81 71 67 65 63 71 78 81 80 70 67 63 62 67 75 79 76
Dewpt                  66 66 67 68 66 64 63 66 66 66 65 66 65 63 62 64 64 64 64
RH                     58 51 63 90 97 97100 84 67 60 60 87 93100100 90 69 60 66
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  N  S NE  N  N NE  E SE  S  N SW  S  S SE
Wind spd                9  9  8  5  6  5  3  4  8  9  8  3  2  2  2  4  8  8  6
Clouds                 FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          20          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.04           0        0.26        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C        S  S        C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  S           S        C  C  S  C  S  C  C
Heat index             83 88 84                   83 80
Max heat               83    88                82    85                      81


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    86      63    87      61    83      61    83
Temp          64 60 82 84   69 63 84 84   68 61 80 80   67 62 78 80
Dewpt         64 60 65 65   63 61 64 64   62 59 60 62   61 59 62 64
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SE      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50     5      10     5      10     5      30    20
Rain shwrs     C                                         S  C  S
Tstms          C                                         S  S

$$
NEZ022-172100-
Crescent Lake NWS-Garden NE
41.74N 102.41W Elev. 3850 ft
1106 AM MDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      87          59          84          58          83
Temp                   80 86 84 72 67 63 60 70 79 83 80 69 64 61 59 68 77 82 79
Dewpt                  62 61 60 61 61 61 60 61 59 56 57 59 60 60 59 61 61 59 58
RH                     54 43 44 68 81 93100 73 50 40 45 70 87 97100 78 58 46 49
Wind dir                S  S  S SE SE NE  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE  S  S SW SE
Wind spd                9  9 10  9  8  5  5  9 12 11  9  8  6  8  6 10 13 11 10
Wind gust                 21                   23 23                   24 24
Clouds                 FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.12        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                    C  C  L     S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S  S                    C  C  S        S  S  C
Heat index             80 86 84                80    80                   82
Max heat               81    86    82          81    83                      83


Date               Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            57    88      60    89      60    86      61    88
Temp          63   57 83 86 68   61 85 85 68   60 81 82 68   61 83 84
Dewpt         60   57 60 56 58   58 58 57 58   57 58 59 59   58 59 59
PWind dir           S     S       S     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     0       5     5       5    10      30     5
Rain shwrs                                               C    C
Tstms                                                    S

$$
NEZ004-172100-
Rushville-Sheridan NE
42.71N 102.47W Elev. 3746 ft
1106 AM MDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          58          82          56          83
Temp                   79 84 83 71 66 61 58 68 76 81 79 68 64 59 56 67 77 82 80
Dewpt                  60 57 57 60 61 60 58 61 59 56 56 58 59 58 56 61 60 56 55
RH                     52 40 41 68 84 97100 78 56 42 45 70 84 96100 81 56 41 42
Wind dir                S  S SE  E NE  S NW  N  N  N  N  E  S SW SE  S SW NW  N
Wind spd                6  6  5  5  4  2  2  4  6  5  4  4  3  3  3  6  6  6  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40           5          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S                 S  C  L     C  C  S  S
Tstms                            S  S                 S  C  C              S
Heat index                                        81                      82 80
Max heat               81    84    81                81                      82


Date               Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            56    89      60    88      59    86      61    89
Temp          63   57 84 87 68   60 83 85 67   59 81 83 68   61 82 85
Dewpt         59   57 56 53 56   55 57 54 57   55 58 57 58   57 60 58
PWind dir           S     W       S     N       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr            5     0       5     0       5    10      30    10
Rain shwrs                                               C    C
Tstms                                                    C    S

$$
NEZ005-172100-
Valentine-Eastern Cherry NE
42.86N 100.55W Elev. 2580 ft
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      86          61          82          59          80
Temp                   83 86 83 72 67 64 62 69 78 80 80 71 66 62 60 67 76 79 76
Dewpt                  63 60 62 65 64 64 62 65 64 62 62 63 63 62 60 63 63 63 64
RH                     51 42 49 79 90100100 87 62 54 54 76 90100100 87 64 58 66
Wind dir               SW SW  S SE SW SW SW  N  N NE NE SE  S SW SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd                5  3  5  5  5  5  2  4  6  6  5  3  3  2  3  5  9  8  8
Clouds                 FW B1 FW SC B1 SC SC B1 FW SC B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          10          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06           0        0.15        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C                 S           L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                      S  S  S  C                 S           S  S  S  C  C
Heat index             83 86 84                   82 81                   80
Max heat               84    87    82                83                      81


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    87      62    86      60    83      60    83
Temp          63 58 83 85   68 63 83 83   67 60 79 80   67 61 78 80
Dewpt         63 58 63 62   61 58 62 61   59 55 59 61   60 58 63 64
PWind dir         S    SW       S     N       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30     5      10     0      10     5      40    20
Rain shwrs     C                                         S  C  S
Tstms          C                                         S  S  S

$$
NEZ010-172100-
O`Neill-Holt NE
42.48N  98.68W Elev. 2000 ft
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      84          63          79          61          76
Temp                   81 84 82 70 67 65 64 69 75 78 77 69 66 63 62 67 73 76 74
Dewpt                  66 68 70 68 67 65 64 68 69 69 69 68 66 63 62 66 66 66 68
RH                     60 59 67 93100100100 97 82 74 76 97100100100 97 79 71 82
Wind dir               SW SW SW  S  S  W  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  E SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd               10  9  4  5  6  4  4  3  4  4  3  1  1  1  2  3  4  4  4
Clouds                 FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          70          20          30          70
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.20        0.01           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  L        S  S              C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                         S  C  C  C        S  S              S  C  S  C  C
Heat index             83 87 85
Max heat               83    88    82                82


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    82      63    83      61    78      60    78
Temp          64 60 78 80   68 64 80 81   67 61 75 76   65 60 73 76
Dewpt         64 60 69 70   66 63 68 69   63 59 62 64   61 59 64 67
PWind dir         S     S       S     W      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50     5      20    10      10     5      30    30
Rain shwrs     C                S                           C  C
Tstms          C                S                           S  S

$$
NEZ038-172100-
Broken Bow-Custer NE
41.44N  99.66W Elev. 2475 ft
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          61          82          61          79
Temp                   81 84 81 70 67 64 62 71 79 81 79 69 66 63 62 68 75 78 76
Dewpt                  66 67 69 68 66 64 62 68 68 68 68 68 66 63 62 66 65 65 66
RH                     60 57 67 93 97100100 90 69 65 69 97100100100 93 71 64 71
Wind dir                S  S  S SE  S SW SE SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NW  S  S SE
Wind spd               10 11  9  6  5  5  3  4  5 10  8  4  1  1  2  3  4  4  5
Clouds                 CL FW B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          60          20          40          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07           0        0.02        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  C  C     S  S  S        C     L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                         C  C  C  C     S  S  S        C     S  C  S  C  C
Heat index             83 87 84                   84 80
Max heat               83    88                82    86


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    84      62    86      61    82      60    81
Temp          63 59 80 82   67 63 83 83   67 61 79 80   66 60 76 79
Dewpt         63 59 67 67   64 61 66 66   63 59 61 63   60 59 63 64
PWind dir         S     S       S     S      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         50     5      20     5      20     5      30    20
Rain shwrs     C             S  S             S             C  S
Tstms          C             S  S             S

$$
NEZ059-172100-
North Platte-Lincoln NE
41.14N 100.68W Elev. 2800 ft
1206 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      88          63          87          61          82
Temp                   83 88 84 73 69 66 63 72 82 86 83 72 68 64 62 68 76 81 79
Dewpt                  67 66 67 68 66 65 63 67 67 65 65 67 66 64 62 66 64 64 65
RH                     59 48 57 84 90 97100 84 61 50 55 84 93100100 93 66 56 62
Wind dir                S  S  S SE SE  E  E SE NE NE NE NE  E  N SW SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               11 11  9  6  8  4  4  5  9 12 10  6  3  2  3  3  6  8  6
Clouds                 CL FW SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B2 B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          60          10          70          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15           0        0.10        0.51
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  S                       C  L  L  L  S  S  C
Tstms                         C  C  S                       C  C  S  C  S  S  C
Heat index             86 90 87                84 88 85                   83 80
Max heat               86    91    83          85    88    82                83


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    88      62    90      62    86      62    86
Temp          64 60 82 85   69 63 85 86   69 62 82 83   68 62 80 83
Dewpt         64 60 66 65   64 61 65 64   64 60 61 63   61 60 63 64
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50     5      10     0      20     5      30    10
Rain shwrs     C                           S             S  C
Tstms          C                           S             S

$$
NEZ057-172100-
Ogallala-Keith NE
41.05N 101.80W Elev. 3223 ft
1106 AM MDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      87          62          86          60          82
Temp                   82 87 85 72 68 64 62 71 81 86 83 72 66 62 61 67 76 81 80
Dewpt                  67 67 66 65 64 62 61 66 66 64 64 64 64 62 61 66 65 65 65
RH                     61 52 53 79 87 93 97 84 60 48 53 76 93100100 97 69 58 60
Wind dir                S  S  S SE SE  W SE NE NE NE NE NE  E  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 11  8  8  6  5  4  5 10 12  9  5  3  3  3  5  8  9  5
Clouds                 CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30          10          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.27        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C                             C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                         S  C                             S  S  S  S  C  C
Heat index             85 90 87                83 87 84                   83 80
Max heat               86    91    85          85    88    83                85


Date               Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            58    88      61    90      61    87      62    87
Temp          63   59 82 86 68   62 85 87 67   62 82 84 68   62 81 85
Dewpt         63   59 67 64 62   60 65 64 62   59 63 63 61   59 64 64
PWind dir           S     S       S    SE       E     E      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC FW B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           30     5      10     5      20     5      30     5
Rain shwrs     C                           S             S    C
Tstms          C                           S             S

$$
NEZ069-172100-
Imperial-Chase NE
40.54N 101.63W Elev. 3284 ft
1106 AM MDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      88          62          87          61          83
Temp                   83 88 86 74 69 65 62 73 83 87 85 73 67 63 61 68 77 82 80
Dewpt                  66 66 66 65 63 62 60 65 67 66 64 65 64 63 61 66 66 65 65
RH                     57 48 51 74 81 90 93 76 59 50 50 76 90100100 93 69 56 60
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S NW  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               10 12 10  9  8  6  3  5 11 13 10  6  4  4  3  5  8  8  8
Clouds                 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.03        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  L  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S           S  C  C
Heat index             85 91 88                85 89 86                   84 82
Max heat               85    92    86          86    90    84                85


Date               Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            59    88      61    91      61    88      62    89
Temp          64   60 83 86 68   62 87 88 68   62 83 86 68   62 82 87
Dewpt         63   60 67 64 62   59 65 63 62   59 64 63 61   59 64 64
PWind dir           S     S       S     S       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW B1   B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr           40     5       5     5      10     5      30     5
Rain shwrs     C                                         S    C
Tstms          C                                         S

$$