textproduct: North Platte

KEY MESSAGES

- Patchy fog will be possible across the far eastern portions of the forecast area early this morning.

- Dry conditions are expected Sunday night through Friday.

- Daily highs will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal Monday through Wednesday with readings in the lower to middle 60s. Readings will be cooler Thursday and Friday with highs in the 50s. Some upper 40s are possible in the far northeastern forecast area.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/

Issued at 311 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2026

The main concern in the short term will be fog potential tonight and high temperatures this weekend. For fog potential tonight, CAMS continue favor any fog development generally along and east of HWY 83, where winds will remain light and variable overnight and moisture advects into the area. Confidence is low in widespread development of fog tonight and any fog that develops should remain patchy, thus no headlines for fog have been issued with this forecast package. As for low temperatures tonight, made slight adjustments to temperatures, but could potentially see lows dip lower then 30 degrees across western Nebraska given the clear skies, but winds are expected to remain a little breezier there so should keep some mixing overnight.

As for highs this weekend, weak ridging begins to develop across the western CONUS and moves eastward into the Central Plains. 850 temps range around 10 to 14 degrees celsius both days with good WAA will mix temperatures to the sfc into the low to mid 60s across north central Nebraska and the Sandhills with upper 60s across southwest Nebraska both days. Could also see the potential for some elevated fire weather concerns on Sunday afternoon across fire weather zone 204 as winds will increase across the northwest Sandhills Sunday afternoon around 15 to 20 mph with gust around 30 mph or more and min RH will be around 30 percent.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/

Issued at 311 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2026

Low amplitude flow across the central CONUS, will persist through Tuesday night, becoming more amplified beginning Wednesday. Ridging will amplify across the western third of the CONUS, while at the same time, a broad trough of low pressure will deepen across the eastern 2/3rds of the CONUS. As the trough deepens Wednesday into the end of next week, colder air will drop south from eastern Canada into the upper Midwest and Great Lakes. This trough will force a back door cold front into the eastern half of Nebraska Wednesday night into Thursday. The latest EC and GFS ensemble forecast has trended highs downward for Thursday and Friday and readings are now below the latest NBM ensemble forecast. The WPC forecast tonight initialized with upper 50s for highs Thursday and Friday for North Platte which is a downward trend from the previous forecast. This seems reasonable based on the latest deterministic EC and GFS solns tonight and the downward trend in the EC and GFS ensemble forecast. Feel the WPC forecast high temps Thursday and Friday are a good compromise between the warmest NBM numbers, and coolest MEX statistical guidance. Beyond Friday, the upper level trough across the eastern CONUS, will be forced east as ridging over the western CONUS, transitions east into the Rockies and high plains. With the ridge building into the central CONUS next weekend, highs should reach back into the 60s for Saturday and Sunday (11-14 and 11-15). Dry conditions appear likely for Sunday nigh through Friday. However, will need to monitor the possible threat for light precipitation INVOF the back door front late Wednesday night into Thursday as the latest deterministic GFS currently develops some light QPF across central portions of Nebraska.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1129 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2026

VFR conditions will persist through the TAF period. The only aviation concern will be a slight wind shift from the west to the northwest by evening and then to back to the southeast by sunrise Sunday morning, however, winds will remain under 10 knots.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.