textproduct: North Platte

KEY MESSAGES

- Patchy fog expected later tonight into Wednesday morning across southwest Nebraska.

- Mild temperatures in the low to mid 60s returns for Wednesday. - A storm system will move across Kansas Thursday night into Friday. Accumulating rain is possible for areas near and south of I-80.

- Dry conditions return for the weekend and early next week, with highs in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/

Issued at 158 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

Tonight, stratus will exit the area this evening, as high cloudiness increases. Patchy fog is possible across southwest Nebraska after 06Z, lasting until mid morning Wednesday.

Wednesday, mild temperatures in the low to mid 60s returns as a weak cold front moves into the northwest Sandhills by late afternoon. Skies becoming mostly sunny late morning.

Wednesday night, A closed upper low will track into southern Arizona. Meanwhile an upper trough and weak cold front will move across the Dakotas. Winds will become light northeast across the west and southwest as the latest HRRR and RAP agree in the development of fog. Will not mention attm, and may need to include in the next forecast package. Lows mainly in the lower 30s.

LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 158 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

The closed low will become a negatively tilted upper trough as it tracks east into the Four Corners region Thursday afternoon. This will bring likely POPS Thursday night across far southwest Nebraska, to only a sight chance near I80 as the upper trough extends from Colorado into western Kansas. Chances continue on Friday as the trough moves across Kansas and eventually gets sheared out. The GFS remains further south, with precipitation reaching into far southwest Nebraska, though mainly across Kansas. The ECMWF has a track further north. NBM POPs reach 30 percent as far north as an Alliance through Broken Bow line to 60 percent across the far southwest Nebraska Counties.

Dry conditions forecast Friday night through next Tuesday as quasi-zonal flow aloft persists. There will be a closed low tracking across the Desert Southwest Sunday into Sunday night. Models in fair agreement lifting the closed low across Oklahoma and Kansas, with dry conditions expected at this time.

Temperatures are forecast to be 10 to 15 degrees above normal on Thursday and Friday in the 50s. Near 60 Saturday and Sunday, cooling to the upper 40s to low 50s next Tuesday.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 550 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

An expanse of stratus is observed this evening across portions of north central Nebraska and tracking out of the region. High cloud cover continues to track east and will persist across the region overnight. Winds remain light out of the southeast, gradually shifting to southwesterly, with winds increasing by mid morning. Overnight, with ample moisture and light winds, patchy fog development is possible across southwest Nebraska, which may also be accompanied by some lower ceilings. If fog develops, it is expected to mix out by mid morning. Afterwards, VFR conditions will prevail across the region.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.