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KEY MESSAGES

- High confidence in cooler temperatures today with a gradual warming into the weekend.

- Moderate confidence that outside of some isolated precipitation chances late this week, a dry forecast is expected through the weekend.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/

Issued at 237 PM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

Weak ridging to zonal flow will keep conditions fairly dry through the end of the week. The only major concern will be some stronger winds on Wednesday afternoon with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph. Latest probabilities suggest wind gusts up to 25 mph or high to be near 80 to 90 percent and wind gusts higher than 30 mph to still be near 60 percent, mainly across the eastern Panhandle. However, the probability of seeing over 35 mph is only near 20 percent. Therefore, could see wind gusts increase a little into the low 30 mph range as current forecast gusts stand around 30 mph. With zonal flow in place, temperatures will remain steady as well through Friday with little warm or cold air advection into the region. After a cooler day today in the mid to upper 40s, expect highs to rise back into the 50s through Friday. Overnight lows will also be mild and above normals through at least Thursday night. Currently expecting lows to only drop into the mid to upper 20s.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 237 PM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

The dry and warm trend will continue into the weekend and into early next week for most locations. With zonal flow switching to upper level ridging, some mild warm air advection will push into Nebraska on Saturday and lasting into early next week. With 850 mb temperatures rising into the 8 to 12 C range, surface temperatures will easily rise into the 60s. Will need to monitor Saturday highs though, as the current forecast has the entire region in the upper 50s. However, looking at the probabilistic forecast, there is some indications that maximum temperatures above 60 degrees could be up to 60 to 70 percent. Therefore, there is high confidence that highs on Saturday will increase a few more degrees than the going forecast in the upcoming days. A fairly similar scenario is expected on Sunday where highs will range from the upper 50s in the Sandhills to the low 60s in areas south of Highway 2. However the latest probability guidance suggests widespread highs over 60 degrees to be over 70 percent. Therefore highs are likely a few degrees too cool for Sunday as well. Warmer above normal highs continue on Monday with most locations seeing highs in the low to mid 60s. Low temperatures will also remain well above normals (mid teens) through early next week dropping only into the upper 20s to mid 30s.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 455 PM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail across western and north central Nebraska overnight and through the afternoon. A batch of mid layer clouds are expected throughout most of the TAF period across western Nebraska, however ceilings are expected to remain well VFR throughout. Winds remain mostly light and variable overnight, and begin to increase out of the south by late morning. Through the afternoon, winds gust to around 20 knots at the surface, with gusts subsiding by the evening.

LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.