Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
413 FOUS53 KLBF 202201 PFMLBF Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service North Platte NE 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 NEZ025-210900- Nebraska National Forest-Thomas NE 41.90N 100.27W Elev. 2695 ft 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 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 64 89 62 83 63 Temp 85 75 70 67 65 77 85 89 82 73 68 64 62 70 80 83 80 71 67 65 63 Dewpt 65 65 65 64 63 66 68 67 66 65 64 61 62 65 64 64 64 64 63 62 62 RH 51 71 84 90 93 69 57 48 58 76 87 90100 84 58 53 58 79 87 90 97 Wind dir S SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE SE NE NE E E E E SE SE S S Wind spd 6 6 8 5 5 9 11 12 12 8 5 5 3 6 10 10 10 8 6 9 10 Wind gust 19 21 Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 20 10 20 0 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S L L C Tstms S S S C C C Heat index 87 88 92 84 81 84 82 Max heat 90 84 88 92 82 84 Date 08/23 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 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 82 64 88 64 85 61 82 61 83 Temp 77 82 70 64 84 86 70 65 82 80 66 61 78 79 65 61 79 79 Dewpt 65 67 64 61 67 68 66 63 64 65 63 60 62 64 63 61 64 65 PWind dir S S S SW N SE NE SE S Wind char BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 20 5 20 30 20 20 40 20 Rain shwrs C S S S S S C S S S S C C S S Tstms C S S S S C S S C S S $$ NEZ022-210900- Crescent Lake NWS-Garden NE 41.74N 102.41W Elev. 3850 ft 401 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 95 61 85 61 Temp 87 76 69 66 63 76 90 95 91 76 69 64 61 71 82 85 82 73 68 65 62 Dewpt 54 56 60 61 61 62 59 55 55 60 63 62 61 63 61 60 61 62 62 62 61 RH 32 50 73 84 93 62 35 26 30 58 81 93100 76 49 43 49 68 81 90 97 Wind dir E SE SE S SE S S S NE E SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 9 9 9 8 6 8 6 9 12 9 8 9 12 17 18 17 17 18 20 21 Wind gust 23 28 32 29 29 31 33 34 Clouds CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 10 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C Tstms C C Heat index 83 85 83 Max heat 89 83 89 93 86 83 85 Date 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 63 92 61 87 59 85 58 86 Temp 83 89 71 64 88 88 68 62 83 82 65 59 80 80 64 59 81 81 Dewpt 63 61 60 57 58 56 59 59 57 58 59 58 58 59 60 59 59 58 PWind dir S S NW W NE SE SE SE S Wind char BZ GN LT LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 40 20 20 30 40 20 Rain shwrs S C S S C C S S Tstms S C S S S C S $$ NEZ004-210900- Rushville-Sheridan NE 42.71N 102.47W Elev. 3746 ft 401 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 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 61 93 60 85 62 Temp 87 74 69 66 62 76 88 93 90 75 68 62 60 69 80 85 82 72 69 65 62 Dewpt 50 52 54 58 60 63 61 57 57 60 63 62 59 62 60 59 59 60 61 61 60 RH 28 46 59 75 93 64 40 30 33 60 84100 96 78 51 41 46 66 76 87 93 Wind dir E E SE SE SE S E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 8 9 8 6 5 6 6 6 10 11 9 8 3 8 11 12 12 12 12 14 18 Wind gust 21 24 23 25 28 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 0 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C Tstms C C S Heat index 88 81 85 82 Max heat 87 82 89 92 85 81 85 Date 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 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 91 62 91 60 86 58 84 58 86 Temp 83 88 70 63 87 87 68 61 80 81 64 58 78 79 64 58 80 80 Dewpt 63 59 61 57 57 55 59 56 56 55 57 56 58 57 59 57 58 56 PWind dir S SW NW SW NE SE SE SE S Wind char BZ LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 20 10 40 30 20 40 40 20 Rain shwrs S S C S S C S S S C C S S Tstms S S C S S S S C S $$ NEZ005-210900- Valentine-Eastern Cherry NE 42.86N 100.55W Elev. 2580 ft 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 91 61 84 62 Temp 86 75 69 66 64 76 86 91 86 74 67 64 61 70 80 84 82 71 67 64 62 Dewpt 55 56 56 57 60 65 66 65 66 66 65 62 60 61 61 60 60 61 61 62 62 RH 35 52 63 73 87 69 51 42 51 76 93 93 97 73 52 44 47 71 81 93100 Wind dir N E S S S S SE SE E E E E NE E E E SE SE SE S S Wind spd 6 6 5 4 5 8 10 11 11 9 8 6 3 6 10 10 10 9 9 10 12 Wind gust 24 Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 20 0 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C Tstms S C C Heat index 88 93 88 81 84 82 Max heat 90 82 88 93 85 82 84 Date 08/23 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 64 89 64 85 60 83 60 84 Temp 78 83 70 65 86 86 70 64 81 81 65 60 79 81 65 60 79 80 Dewpt 66 66 64 62 66 65 65 61 61 60 60 57 60 61 62 60 63 63 PWind dir S S NW W N NW E SE S Wind char BZ BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 20 20 30 30 10 20 30 30 Rain shwrs C S S S S C C C S S S C C S C Tstms C S S S S S S S C C S $$ NEZ010-210900- O`Neill-Holt NE 42.48N 98.68W Elev. 2000 ft 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 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 64 87 62 81 60 Temp 82 73 69 67 65 75 84 87 85 73 67 64 62 70 78 81 79 68 64 62 61 Dewpt 68 66 64 63 62 66 67 66 68 67 65 63 62 64 64 63 64 63 61 60 59 RH 63 79 84 87 90 74 57 50 57 81 93 97100 81 62 54 60 84 90 93 93 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE SE SE NW NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE S Wind spd 8 6 8 8 6 5 6 8 6 4 3 5 2 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 20 0 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S S S Heat index 85 87 90 88 82 Max heat 86 82 88 91 86 83 Date 08/23 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 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 77 62 83 64 83 61 80 60 80 Temp 73 77 66 63 79 81 68 66 81 80 65 62 77 78 64 61 76 78 Dewpt 65 67 63 61 68 71 68 65 67 68 63 59 63 65 63 61 66 68 PWind dir S S S S NW NW N SE S Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 70 5 20 30 20 10 20 30 Rain shwrs C C S L S S C S S S C C Tstms S S S C S S C S S C $$ NEZ038-210900- Broken Bow-Custer NE 41.44N 99.66W Elev. 2475 ft 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 87 61 82 61 Temp 82 71 67 66 64 77 82 87 81 69 66 64 62 70 79 82 80 69 66 63 62 Dewpt 67 67 65 63 63 66 68 67 66 65 63 61 62 66 66 65 65 65 64 62 62 RH 61 87 93 90 97 69 63 52 60 87 90 90100 87 64 56 60 87 93 97100 Wind dir S S S SW S S SE SE SE SE SE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 8 8 6 4 9 9 12 10 8 3 5 2 5 8 9 9 6 5 6 8 Wind gust 17 18 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV PoP 12hr 30 10 30 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C S S C C C Tstms S S S S S S C C Heat index 85 85 90 83 84 81 Max heat 88 85 90 84 Date 08/23 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 62 86 63 84 60 82 60 82 Temp 74 79 68 63 81 83 68 65 82 80 65 61 78 79 64 60 77 78 Dewpt 66 67 63 61 68 70 67 64 68 68 65 61 64 65 64 60 66 67 PWind dir S SE S S N NE NE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW PoP 12hr 50 20 0 20 40 30 20 50 20 Rain shwrs C S S S C C S S C C S S Tstms C S S C C S S C S S $$ NEZ059-210900- North Platte-Lincoln NE 41.14N 100.68W Elev. 2800 ft 501 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 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 63 93 62 86 62 Temp 86 74 69 67 64 75 87 93 83 71 68 65 62 71 82 86 83 73 69 65 63 Dewpt 65 66 66 64 63 66 65 64 65 65 63 61 62 66 65 64 64 66 64 63 63 RH 50 76 90 90 97 74 48 38 55 81 84 87100 84 56 48 53 79 84 93100 Wind dir S SE SE S SE S S S SE SE E E NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 9 8 8 6 5 9 11 12 13 11 6 5 4 8 11 12 11 10 8 10 11 Wind gust 21 21 21 23 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 10 20 30 0 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S S C C S Heat index 88 89 95 85 84 87 84 Max heat 92 85 90 95 82 84 87 82 Date 08/23 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 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 85 64 92 64 89 61 86 61 86 Temp 79 85 71 65 86 89 71 65 85 83 67 62 81 81 66 62 80 82 Dewpt 65 66 64 61 66 66 66 63 65 65 65 62 63 64 64 62 65 65 PWind dir S SE SE S NE NE SE SE S Wind char BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 FW SC SC B1 FW PoP 12hr 20 5 0 20 30 30 20 50 20 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S S C C S S Tstms S S S C C S S C S S $$ NEZ057-210900- Ogallala-Keith NE 41.05N 101.80W Elev. 3223 ft 401 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 94 61 86 62 Temp 88 75 70 67 64 76 88 94 89 72 67 64 61 70 82 86 83 73 68 64 63 Dewpt 63 64 64 64 62 65 65 61 64 65 63 61 61 66 66 64 64 64 63 63 62 RH 43 69 81 90 93 69 47 34 44 79 87 90100 87 58 48 53 73 84 97 97 Wind dir S SE S S S S S S SE SE E E NE E E E SE E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 9 9 6 5 8 10 10 11 9 6 5 5 9 12 13 12 11 10 12 13 Wind gust 24 24 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 5 10 20 5 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C Tstms S C C S S Heat index 89 90 95 90 84 87 84 Max heat 93 87 91 96 86 84 89 83 Date 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 63 93 63 89 60 86 61 87 Temp 81 87 70 65 88 90 70 64 84 83 66 61 81 81 65 61 81 82 Dewpt 66 66 63 60 64 62 63 61 64 64 63 61 64 63 63 61 64 63 PWind dir S S N SW NE E SE SE S Wind char BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW PoP 12hr 10 10 0 30 20 30 30 50 20 Rain shwrs C S S C C C S S Tstms C S C S C S S $$ NEZ069-210900- Imperial-Chase NE 40.54N 101.63W Elev. 3284 ft 401 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 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 64 97 61 87 62 Temp 90 76 71 68 66 80 93 97 88 73 69 65 61 72 83 87 84 74 69 65 63 Dewpt 63 65 64 64 62 64 64 60 60 64 63 61 61 66 66 65 64 65 64 63 62 RH 41 69 79 87 87 58 38 30 39 73 81 87100 81 57 48 51 74 84 93 97 Wind dir SE SE SE S S SW S S SE SE SE SE NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 8 8 6 6 10 11 10 11 11 8 3 5 9 13 14 13 11 10 12 13 Wind gust 24 25 23 20 23 25 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 5 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C Tstms C C Heat index 91 82 95 97 88 85 89 86 Max heat 93 88 97 99 84 86 89 83 Date 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 Thu 08/27/26 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 88 63 94 63 90 61 87 61 88 Temp 83 88 71 65 89 91 70 64 86 85 67 61 83 83 66 61 82 84 Dewpt 66 65 63 60 64 61 63 61 64 63 64 61 65 63 63 61 65 63 PWind dir SE S N S NE E SE SE SE Wind char BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 0 20 20 30 20 50 20 Rain shwrs S S S S C S C S S Tstms S S S C S C S $$