textproduct: North Platte

KEY MESSAGES

- Temperatures warm well above normal through mid-week along with dry conditions

- Gusty winds Wednesday into Wednesday night as a disturbance moves through the forecast area

- Brief cool down on Thursday, with above normal temperatures returning for Friday and Saturday

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 345 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

A warm front will continue to push eastward across the state along with upper level ridging will lead to much warmer temperatures for today, highs across much of western and north central Nebraska around 20 to 30 degrees warmer than yesterday. Highs will range from the upper 40s across north central Nebraska to the low 60s across western Nebraska, this is around 15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Warmer and dry conditions will persist into Tuesday in the wake of the warm front and continued upper level ridging with another day of above normal temperatures and highs in the 50s and 60s.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/

Issued at 345 AM CST Mon Dec 15 2025

For Wednesday a clipper type system begins to translate eastward into the region with increasing winds in front of the system. Winds of 20 to 25 mph sustained and gust of 30 mph or greater will be possible. This combined with the warmer temperatures and drier conditions with min RH around 25 to 30 percent in western Nebraska could lead to potential elevated to near-critical fire weather concerns. At this time, probabilities suggest that the system will likely remain dry as it passes through, but there is a slight potential for some light precip, thus have slight PoPs, generally less than 20 percent in the forecast, mainly across the northern portions of the forecast area. As the system moves through colder air will briefly move in for Thursday, with highs around 20 degrees cooler as temperatures will only reach the 30s to low 40s. Coldest temperatures will be across the northern Sandhills into north central Nebraska with the coldest air remain north into the Dakotas. Downslope flow returns on Friday into Saturday with with above normal temperatures returning and highs mostly in the 50s and 60s, with dry conditions to end the week.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 1120 PM CST Sun Dec 14 2025

Expect mainly clear skies over the next 24 hours across western and north central Nebraska. A few high clouds may drift over northern Nebraska Monday afternoon into Monday evening. Winds will be generally from the west or northwest at under 10 KTS on Monday into Monday evening with calm winds expected overnight tonight through sunrise Monday morning.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.