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FXUS63 KLBF 130850
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
350 AM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Cooler temperatures on Today and Tuesday

- Chance of scattered to widespread showers and potentially even
  thunderstorms on Monday night into Tuesday

- Temperatures moderate briefly back into the 70s/80s for
  Wednesday

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 348 AM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Temperatures will be cool today with the passage of the
cold front yesterday, highs will only be in the upper 50s to low
60s. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
evening into the overnight as moisture transport increases and lift
also increases Monday evening with shower activity increasing Monday
overnight into Tuesday. Generally expect mostly shower activity but
marginal instability across the area may be enough for an embedded
thunderstorm. As for high temperatures on Tuesday, highs will only
be in the 50s to low 60s across much of the Sandhills into north
central Nebraska as stratus and rain showers will remain across the
area during much of the afternoon peak heating hours.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 348 AM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

An upper level ridge develops across the Central CONUS and WAA
will strengthen over the High Plains on Wednesday, with a brief
warming of temperatures expected, with highs in the 70s. Winds
will also increase with the approaching sfc low and will see
winds around 15 to 20 mph sustained and gust up to 30 mph. A
cold front will move through on Thursday and bring the next
chance of widespread shower and even thunderstorm potential.
With the frontal passage highs will be in the upper 60s on
Friday.


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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1220 AM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

VFR conditions are expected the next 24 hours at the KLBF and
KVTN terminals. Winds will remain light and variable to light
northeast overnight.

On Monday, winds will become east during the afternoon
around 10KT. A broken mid cloud deck near BKN080 at KLBF after
21Z into the evening hours.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Frost Advisory until 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ this morning for
NEZ004-005-094.

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