Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
784 FOUS53 KLBF 160511 PFMLBF Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service North Platte NE 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 NEZ025-170900- Nebraska National Forest-Thomas NE 41.90N 100.27W Elev. 2695 ft 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 80 61 86 62 Temp 67 63 61 68 75 78 79 70 65 63 62 71 82 85 80 70 67 65 63 Dewpt 64 62 61 62 61 62 63 64 63 62 62 66 68 67 68 68 66 65 63 RH 90 97100 81 62 58 58 81 93 97100 84 63 55 67 93 97100100 Wind dir N N N NE E SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW S SE S S Wind spd 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 8 13 16 12 9 5 4 4 4 Wind gust 18 24 Clouds OV OV B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 10 20 50 50 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.01 0.11 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S C C C C S S Heat index 85 88 83 Max heat 81 85 89 Date 08/18 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 60 77 58 81 60 84 60 85 Temp 80 80 66 61 74 75 63 60 76 79 65 61 80 81 66 61 81 82 Dewpt 68 68 66 61 62 63 63 60 65 66 64 61 64 65 64 61 64 66 PWind dir SW NE SE S S S S S S Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 30 30 20 50 20 20 20 20 5 Rain shwrs C S C S S S C C S S S S Tstms S S C S S C S S S $$ NEZ022-170900- Crescent Lake NWS-Garden NE 41.74N 102.41W Elev. 3850 ft 1111 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 81 57 88 59 Temp 63 60 57 66 73 79 80 68 64 61 58 70 81 87 86 71 66 63 60 Dewpt 61 60 57 60 60 60 61 61 61 61 58 63 61 57 57 59 60 60 59 RH 93100100 81 64 52 52 78 90100100 78 51 36 37 66 81 90 96 Wind dir NW NW N E S S S S S S S S SW SW S SE S SE SE Wind spd 5 3 3 5 10 11 11 12 11 10 8 10 11 10 8 9 9 8 6 Wind gust 21 23 21 Clouds B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 5 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.11 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S Tstms Heat index 81 82 Max heat 82 82 87 82 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 57 81 56 86 58 87 58 88 Temp 82 83 64 58 74 79 63 59 79 83 65 59 82 85 66 60 83 86 Dewpt 59 59 60 58 58 59 60 58 60 58 59 59 58 57 58 59 59 58 PWind dir NW NE S S S SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 30 40 40 5 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C S C C C Tstms C S C C $$ NEZ004-170900- Rushville-Sheridan NE 42.71N 102.47W Elev. 3746 ft 1111 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 82 57 88 58 Temp 62 58 56 66 72 78 80 68 64 60 58 70 80 86 83 70 66 61 58 Dewpt 59 58 56 61 60 59 59 61 61 59 58 63 60 56 55 58 59 59 58 RH 90100100 84 66 52 49 78 90 96100 78 51 36 38 66 78 93100 Wind dir NW N N SE S S S SE S SW SW SW N N NE E E SE S Wind spd 1 0 0 3 6 6 6 6 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 Wind gust 17 18 19 14 Clouds B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 30 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C C Tstms S S C S Heat index 81 81 Max heat 81 81 85 80 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 55 82 55 86 57 88 58 90 Temp 77 79 63 56 74 77 62 57 79 83 65 58 81 84 66 59 83 86 Dewpt 60 57 59 56 59 57 59 57 59 55 58 57 56 54 57 57 59 56 PWind dir N E S S W SE S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 50 40 10 10 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S C C C C C S Tstms S C S C C S $$ NEZ005-170900- Valentine-Eastern Cherry NE 42.86N 100.55W Elev. 2580 ft 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 80 60 86 61 Temp 65 61 58 68 74 78 79 70 65 62 61 71 82 85 80 71 66 63 62 Dewpt 62 61 58 61 61 61 62 63 62 62 61 66 67 64 65 66 64 63 62 RH 90100100 78 64 56 56 78 90100100 84 61 50 60 84 93100100 Wind dir N N NE E E SE SE SE S S S SW W W N E S S S Wind spd 3 2 1 2 3 4 6 6 6 8 9 11 9 8 6 5 4 4 3 Clouds OV B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 30 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.10 0 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C C Tstms S C S S S S C C C S S Heat index 80 84 86 82 Max heat 81 85 88 Date 08/18 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 81 57 78 57 82 59 84 59 85 Temp 76 77 63 58 72 74 63 59 77 79 65 60 80 81 66 60 81 82 Dewpt 67 66 63 58 63 63 62 59 65 64 63 60 63 63 62 59 64 64 PWind dir NW NE S S SW S NW S S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 40 20 40 50 20 20 20 20 5 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C S S S S Tstms S C S S C C S S S $$ NEZ010-170900- O`Neill-Holt NE 42.48N 98.68W Elev. 2000 ft 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 77 59 82 62 Temp 67 63 61 67 73 76 76 67 64 61 61 69 78 82 78 69 67 64 63 Dewpt 66 63 61 64 64 64 65 64 63 61 61 67 70 71 71 69 67 64 63 RH 97100100 90 73 66 69 90 97100100 93 76 69 79100100100100 Wind dir N N N N N N N SE S S S S SW SW SW SE S SW S Wind spd 4 4 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 10 13 11 8 8 4 4 3 Clouds B2 B2 B2 FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 30 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.09 0.40 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C L Tstms S S S C C C C C C Heat index 86 Max heat 88 Date 08/18 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 59 74 57 76 59 80 60 81 Temp 76 76 67 60 71 72 63 60 73 74 65 61 77 78 65 61 77 79 Dewpt 71 72 66 60 65 66 63 60 67 69 65 61 69 70 65 61 68 70 PWind dir SE NE E S S S SW S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 10 40 20 40 20 10 5 Rain shwrs L C C S C S S C S S Tstms C C C S S S S S $$ NEZ038-170900- Broken Bow-Custer NE 41.44N 99.66W Elev. 2475 ft 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 79 59 84 61 Temp 66 63 61 68 74 78 77 67 63 61 60 71 80 84 81 69 66 64 62 Dewpt 66 63 61 64 64 64 65 65 63 61 60 67 69 69 71 68 66 64 62 RH 100100100 87 71 62 67 93100100100 87 69 61 72 97100100100 Wind dir NW N NE NE NE E E SE S S S S SW SW SW S SE S S Wind spd 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 2 3 5 11 13 12 8 5 4 5 4 Wind gust 24 23 Clouds OV OV B2 SC FW SC FW B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 10 20 40 70 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0.09 0.24 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C L L C C S Tstms S S C C C C S Heat index 82 87 84 Max heat 83 88 Date 08/18 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 59 76 57 79 59 82 59 82 Temp 80 81 67 61 72 74 63 59 74 77 64 59 78 80 64 60 79 80 Dewpt 71 72 66 61 65 66 63 59 67 69 64 59 67 69 64 60 66 68 PWind dir SW NE E S S S S S SE Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 40 20 40 20 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S C S S S C C S S S Tstms S S C S S C S S S $$ NEZ059-170900- North Platte-Lincoln NE 41.14N 100.68W Elev. 2800 ft 1211 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 81 61 87 62 Temp 67 64 62 68 75 79 81 70 66 63 62 71 81 86 84 72 67 65 63 Dewpt 67 64 62 64 63 63 64 66 64 63 62 68 68 66 68 69 66 65 63 RH 100100100 87 66 58 56 87 93100100 90 65 51 59 90 97100100 Wind dir NE N N NE E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW S SE SE SE Wind spd 4 3 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 10 13 13 9 6 5 5 4 Wind gust 20 24 24 Clouds OV OV B2 SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 60 5 10 20 40 QPF 12hr 0.09 0 0 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L S S S C C Tstms S S C C Heat index 83 84 89 87 Max heat 83 85 90 83 Date 08/18 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 61 79 58 83 60 86 60 86 Temp 83 84 67 62 74 77 64 61 76 81 66 61 81 83 66 61 81 84 Dewpt 69 68 67 62 64 64 64 61 66 67 65 61 65 65 64 61 65 66 PWind dir SW NE E SE S S S SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 OV B1 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 40 20 50 10 20 20 20 5 Rain shwrs C S S S C C S S S S S Tstms C S S S C S S S $$ NEZ057-170900- Ogallala-Keith NE 41.05N 101.80W Elev. 3223 ft 1111 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 81 60 87 61 Temp 65 62 60 66 74 79 79 69 65 62 61 70 81 86 84 71 67 63 62 Dewpt 65 62 60 65 65 65 65 64 63 62 61 68 69 67 67 66 64 63 62 RH 100100100 97 74 62 62 84 93100100 93 67 53 57 84 90100100 Wind dir N NW NW NE E S S SE S S S S S SW S S S S S Wind spd 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 12 12 8 6 6 6 5 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 50 10 10 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 80 84 89 87 Max heat 83 84 91 83 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 60 80 58 84 59 86 60 87 Temp 83 85 66 61 75 77 63 60 77 81 65 60 81 83 66 61 81 84 Dewpt 68 66 64 61 64 65 63 60 67 66 63 60 65 64 62 60 66 65 PWind dir SW NE E S S S SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 5 20 10 20 5 Rain shwrs C S C C S S S S Tstms C C C S S S $$ NEZ069-170900- Imperial-Chase NE 40.54N 101.63W Elev. 3284 ft 1111 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 80 59 86 61 Temp 66 62 60 68 75 78 80 70 66 62 60 71 81 86 85 73 68 64 62 Dewpt 65 62 60 65 66 66 66 65 63 62 60 68 69 68 67 66 64 63 62 RH 97100100 90 74 67 62 84 90100100 90 67 55 55 79 87 97100 Wind dir N N N N E SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 10 12 11 9 8 6 6 5 Clouds OV B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 60 5 10 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S S Tstms S S S Heat index 81 84 89 88 Max heat 82 85 91 86 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 60 81 58 85 59 87 60 88 Temp 85 88 67 61 76 79 65 60 79 83 67 60 82 85 68 60 83 86 Dewpt 68 66 64 61 65 65 63 60 68 66 63 60 66 64 62 60 65 64 PWind dir SW NE E SE S SE SE SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 30 30 40 5 20 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S S Tstms C C C S S S S S $$