textproduct: North Platte

KEY MESSAGES

- Fog is expected to persist through late morning across the western Sandhills and portions of north central and northwestern Nebraska.

- Expect chilly temperatures for today and Saturday with readings in the 40s to middle 50s Friday and 40s for Saturday.

- After some limited clearing this afternoon, skies will cloud up tonight with mostly cloudy skies expected for most areas on Saturday.

- Chance of scattered to widespread precipitation chances Wednesday into Wednesday night

- Mild temperatures through the week across all of western and north central Nebraska

SYNOPSIS

Issued at 212 AM CST Fri Nov 13 2026

A highly amplified H5 pattern was noted tonight across the CONUS and southern Canada. A high amplitude ridge extended from southwestern Wyoming, north then northeast into eastern portions of Nunavut Canada. East of the ridge, a broad area of low pressure was noted over eastern Quebec into Newfoundland. A trough extended to the southwest of the Quebec low, all the way southwest to southern portions of Alabama and Mississippi. West of the high amplitude ridge, closed low pressure was located in southern portions of the Gulf of Alaska. A secondary low was located approximately 300 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara California. At the surface, high pressure was located over northwestern portions of Ontario Canada. This surface high extended south into the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/

Issued at 212 AM CST Fri Nov 13 2026

A weak disturbance will move through Saturday night into Sunday. The sfc low will track south into the Southern Plains and keep the bulk of the precipitation south of the forecast area. There is a low end chance that light precipitation could skirt the very southern portion of the forecast area, far southwest Nebraska, however even if light rain does occur, qpf values are expected to remain below a hundredth. The upper level ridge will continue to progress eastward into early next week with an upper level trof moving in Wednesday. Southerly flow will bring adequate moisture to the area ahead of the trof, will see a chance for scattered to widespread precipitation chances on Wednesday into Wednesday evening. Temperatures will be mostly in the 50s during the day and expect the precipitation to fall as rain, however, should precipitation linger into the overnight, there could be a potential for a brief period of rain/snow mix across western Nebraska, as overnight lows dip near 30 degrees. As for temperatures through the rest of the week, high pressure should continue to keep temperatures warm through mid- week with highs in the 50s across all of western and north central Nebraska.

Attention then turns to another disturbance moving in from the Pacific NW, towards the end of the forecast period. At this time confidence is low in the exact track, but is expected to move into the High Plains/Central Plains region, bringing the next chance for precipitation. At this time high temperatures will remain mild in the 50s so expected precipitation to be in the form of rain for any daytime precipitation, but should precip linger into the overnight, there will be the potential for rain/snow mix.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1124 PM CST Thu Nov 12 2026

Fog will persist through the overnight into the morning. MVFR and IFR conditions will continue through late morning, including both forecast terminals, KVTN and KLBF. Fog is expected to erode by late morning with VFR conditions returning the remainder of the forecast. Winds will be light out of the southeast around 5 kts tonight, and at times light and variable. Winds increase late morning/early afternoon out of the southeast around 10 to 15 kts and gusts up to 25 kts through the evening hours.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ this morning for NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056-057-059-094.