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FXUS63 KLBF 101132
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
532 AM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Cooler today with highs in the upper 40s, then 50s return
  Wednesday through Saturday, followed by around 60 Sunday and
  mid 60s Monday.

- Mostly dry through the week with only limited chances of
  rainfall across the south Friday night into Saturday.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 213 AM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

Today, surface high pressure will move slowly east across
Nebraska. Winds will be northerly at 5 to 15 mph, becoming light
and variable by late afternoon. High 45 to 50, with a partly to
mostly cloudy sky.

Tonight, as surface high pressure moves over the Mid Missouri
Valley, light and variable winds will become light south toward
daybreak. Lows in the mid 20s.

Wednesday, a positively tilted upper trough will extend across
the Western U.S. The upper flow will be zonal across the
region, with increasing mid and high cloudiness. As surface low
pressure deepens along the Front Range of WY and CO, a breezy
south wind of 15 to 25 mph will develop. Highs slightly warmer
in the lower 50s, with mid 50s far western areas.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 213 AM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

Overall upper ridging will persist across the region, with a
positively tilted upper trough moving through the Desert
Southwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on Friday, and
across Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Friday night into Saturday.
Upper ridging then strengthen Sunday into Monday.

Temperatures will remain in the 50s Thursday through Saturday,
warming to around 60 Sunday and mid 60 Monday. These highs are
forecast to reach around 20 degrees above normal by Sunday and
25 degrees above normal by Monday.

The Friday night into Saturday morning period will bring limited
slight chance POPS for light rain across southwest into central
Nebraska which is still supported by the GEFS ensemble. The
GEFS indicates a 20 to 40 percent probability of receiving at
least a tenth of an inch liquid south of I80, while the ECMWF
shows these probabilities much further south across central
Kansas. Overall, the potential for a wetting rain has decreased
and is very low.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 531 AM CST Tue Feb 10 2026

VFR conditions will prevail across all of western and north
central Nebraska the next 24 hours. Broken to overcast high
cloudiness this morning will become scattered to broken in the
afternoon. Winds will be light northwest at or below 10 kts
today, then light and variable tonight.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

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SHORT TERM...Roberg
LONG TERM...Roberg
AVIATION...Roberg

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