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Weather Summary for Portions of the Central Plains
National Weather Service Hastings NE
533 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Surface high pressure was moving into the Nebraska and Kanas from
the Dakotas late Wednesday. The high was responsible for north
breezes...clear skies and seasonal temperatures across the most of
the area.Late tonight...the high pressure will already be shifting
east of the region. That will allow for winds to turn to the
southeast across the western High Plains...and may even result in a
few light showers or sprinkles to spill into south central Nebraska
and north central Kansas toward dawn Wednesday. Expect low
temperatures tonight to range from 35 to 45 degrees across the
region.Those light showers or sprinkles could linger during the
morning hours Wednesday before a partly sunny skies take hold.
Despite the potential for a wee bit of rainfall early
Wednesday...the morning hours will actually be pretty nice with much
lighter winds. During the afternoon...a southeast wind will be
increasing and gust over 20 mph at times. Highs Wednesday will be in
the 60s to around 70 degrees across south central Nebraska and north
central Kansas...but could climb as high as the lower 80s in western
Kansas and the Nebraska panhandle. A few late afternoon and evening
showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible in western Nebraska
Wednesday.The end of the week looks much more active across the
entire Central Plains region...as a strong upper level low pressure
system ejects from the southern Rockies and moves across Nebraska
and Kansas. It is certainly not a guarantee of rain...but much of
Kansas and Nebraska will experience showers and
thunderstorms...especially Thursday night and into Friday. The
system is strong enough and will work with enough instability to
potentially cause scattered severe thunderstorms. Along with the
rain potential...the wind will return...especially Friday when
southwest to west winds easily gust over 35 mph across all of south
central Nebraska and north central Kansas.

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