textproduct: North Platte

KEY MESSAGES

- Chance of patchy fog early Thursday morning across portions of western and north central Nebraska

- Precipitation chances increase Friday afternoon through the evening hours

- Another, stronger system will move in to the Central Plains early next week, bringing a chance for precipitation and strong winds

SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/

Issued at 358 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

The main concern in the short term will again be the chance for fog to develop in the overnight. At this time fog looks to be patchy, with the greatest potential of patchy fog development across southwest Nebraska into North Central Nebraska where dew points will be in the upper 30s and lows will be in the upper 30s as well. This area will also see winds diminish this evening becoming light and variable overnight into early Thursday morning. Across western Nebraska winds will be slightly stronger around 5 to 10 mph and should keep enough overnight mixing to keep fog from forming. As for high temperatures on Thursday, expect temperatures to remain in the low 60s, however there is the potential for stratus to form Thursday morning and could linger through the late morning, which could keep high temperatures slightly cooler across southwest Nebraska.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 358 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Still continue to expect an active weather pattern setting up heading into the weekend and early next week. A shortwave trof will move in Friday, with increasing moisture out ahead of the trof, will see the potential for rain showers and maybe an isolated chance for a thunderstorm late Friday afternoon into Friday overnight, before tapering Saturday morning. Expect Saturday afternoon and evening to remain mostly dry before focus turns on the next system. Still continue to see discrepancies between the models with one model brining in the system as more of a stronger closed low and the other bringing it in more open wave. Continue to have low confidence in this time as to the exact track of the storm, but the potential exist for gusty winds and precipitation late Sunday through Tuesday.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1251 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the forecast period.

Variable winds early will becoming primarily south to southeasterly with gusts across northern Nebraska around 20 to 25 knots. High clouds will pass through the area until late in the period with low stratus may envelope southwest Nebraska and lead to degraded conditions once again.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.