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National Weather Service North Platte NE
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

NEZ025-140900-
Nebraska National Forest-Thomas NE
41.90N 100.27W Elev. 2695 ft
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          80          64          80          61
Temp                70 68 68 67 69 75 80 79 71 68 67 65 71 77 79 76 69 67 65 62
Dewpt               68 68 67 65 68 69 70 69 70 68 67 65 69 69 70 69 69 67 65 62
RH                  93100 97 93 97 82 72 72 97100100100 93 76 74 79100100100100
Wind dir            NE  E NE NE  N  N NE SE SE SE  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             9  6  4  3  3  4  3  6  4  3  3  3  6  6  8  6  3  3  4  4
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          40          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0        0.07        0.12        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  S                    C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                C  C                          S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                            83
Max heat                                 85                      83


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      60    82      62    85      61    80      59    81
Temp          75 76   65 62 78 80   68 63 82 80   66 63 76 76   65 62 77 78
Dewpt         64 64   64 62 67 67   66 63 67 67   66 63 65 65   65 62 65 66
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S     S       E     N      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    20      30    10      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs             S        S    C             C  S  S       C  C  S
Tstms                  S        S    C             C  S          C

$$
NEZ022-140900-
Crescent Lake NWS-Garden NE
41.74N 102.41W Elev. 3850 ft
801 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          86          60          82          57
Temp                69 66 64 63 71 80 86 84 74 67 64 61 70 79 82 78 69 64 61 58
Dewpt               64 64 62 60 65 63 62 61 63 64 64 61 64 62 62 63 63 62 61 58
RH                  84 93 93 90 81 56 45 46 69 90100100 81 56 51 60 81 93100100
Wind dir             E  E  E  S  S  W  W  E  S SW SW SW NW  N NE NE NE NE  N NE
Wind spd            11  8  6  4  6  9  9 10 10  8  6  5  8 10 10 11  8  5  4  5
Wind gust                             19    20                21
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW SC B2 B2 OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30           5          40          40          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.07        0.02        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  S                 C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                S                       C  S           S  C  C  S  S
Heat index                         81 86 84                   83
Max heat                           81    86    83                83


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          81      57    86      59    88      57    83      56    84
Temp          76 78 63   60 81 83 66   61 85 84 65   59 79 80 63   59 80 81
Dewpt         61 62 62   60 61 59 61   59 57 57 59   59 58 59 60   59 59 59
PWind dir        SE       S     S       S    SW       E    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      50     5      10     5      20    20      40    20
Rain shwrs           C                           S          S  C    C     S
Tstms                C                           S          S  C          S

$$
NEZ004-140900-
Rushville-Sheridan NE
42.71N 102.47W Elev. 3746 ft
801 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      60          85          59          79          55
Temp                64 64 62 62 69 78 85 83 72 67 62 60 67 74 79 76 67 62 58 56
Dewpt               63 63 61 58 65 65 62 61 63 63 62 60 64 63 61 61 61 60 58 56
RH                  97 97 97 87 87 64 46 47 73 87100100 90 69 54 60 81 93100100
Wind dir             E  E SE SE  S SW  W  W  E  S SW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE  N  E
Wind spd             6  4  4  3  4  6  5  5  6  4  3  3  6  9  9  8  4  2  1  2
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B1 FW SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10          30          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                        S  C  S        S  C  C  S
Heat index                            86 83
Max heat                                 86    82


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          80      56    86      58    85      56    82      56    84
Temp          74 77 63   58 80 83 66   58 80 81 63   57 76 78 63   57 79 81
Dewpt         62 61 61   58 63 58 60   58 60 58 59   57 59 58 59   57 59 58
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S     W       E     N      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW SC FW SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      40     5      10    10      40    20      40    20
Rain shwrs     S  C  C             S             C    S  S  S  C    C     S
Tstms             C  C             S             C    S     S  C          S

$$
NEZ005-140900-
Valentine-Eastern Cherry NE
42.86N 100.55W Elev. 2580 ft
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          79          62          79          57
Temp                68 67 66 65 69 74 79 79 70 67 65 63 69 74 77 77 68 64 62 58
Dewpt               67 66 64 62 67 70 70 68 68 67 65 63 68 69 68 67 66 64 62 58
RH                  97 97 93 90 93 87 74 69 93100100100 97 84 74 71 93100100100
Wind dir             E  E  E NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SW  S NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             8  6  4  3  3  4  5  6  8  4  5  4  8 10  9  8  4  3  4  3
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          50          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0        0.08        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  S                 C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                S  S                          C  S  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          78      57    83      61    83      58    79      57    81
Temp          74 75   63 61 79 80   67 61 80 79   65 61 75 76   63 60 77 78
Dewpt         64 63   63 61 68 67   65 61 67 65   64 61 65 64   63 60 66 64
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S     S      SE    NE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    30      30    20      40    20      40    30
Rain shwrs             C        C    C  S     S    C  C  S       C  C  C  S
Tstms                  C        C    C  S     S    C  C          C

$$
NEZ010-140900-
O`Neill-Holt NE
42.48N  98.68W Elev. 2000 ft
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      66          76          63          78          61
Temp                71 69 69 69 70 72 76 75 70 68 67 67 71 76 77 75 69 67 65 62
Dewpt               68 67 66 66 68 70 73 72 70 68 67 67 71 73 73 72 69 67 65 62
RH                  90 93 90 90 93 93 90 90100100100100100 90 87 90100100100100
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE  E NE  E  E  E  S  W SW  W NW NW  N  N NW  N  N
Wind spd             9  6  5  4  4  3  3  2  2  1  1  2  3  4  4  4  3  4  4  5
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          40          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.05        0.01        0.13        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C                 C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   C  C                          S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          75      58    78      62    81      61    75      59    77
Temp          72 73   64 61 75 76   67 63 79 78   67 64 73 73   65 62 74 75
Dewpt         66 67   64 61 68 69   66 63 71 71   67 64 68 68   65 62 68 69
PWind dir         N      SE     S       S     S      SE    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      40    20      40    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                      S    C  C  S  S    C  S          S  C  S  S
Tstms                           S    C  C  S  S    C  S          S        S

$$
NEZ038-140900-
Broken Bow-Custer NE
41.44N  99.66W Elev. 2475 ft
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          80          63          81          61
Temp                71 69 68 66 70 74 80 79 70 68 66 64 72 78 80 77 69 67 65 62
Dewpt               69 68 67 64 69 72 73 71 70 68 66 64 72 72 72 72 69 67 65 62
RH                  93 97 97 93 97 93 79 77100100100100100 82 77 85100100100100
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  E  E SE SW  S NW NE  N NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            10  8  5  4  4  4  3  4  3  1  1  1  3  4  5  6  4  3  4  4
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          30          50          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.19        0.09        0.06        0.23        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  C                    C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                S  C  S                       C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                            82                      83
Max heat                                 84                      84


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          78      58    79      61    84      60    79      58    79
Temp          74 74   64 61 76 77   66 62 81 80   66 62 76 76   65 61 76 77
Dewpt         67 67   64 61 69 69   66 62 70 70   66 62 68 68   65 61 68 69
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S     S       E    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      20    10      30    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                           S  S          C  C          C  C  S
Tstms                                S  S          C  C          C

$$
NEZ059-140900-
North Platte-Lincoln NE
41.14N 100.68W Elev. 2800 ft
901 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      65          83          64          83          61
Temp                72 70 68 67 71 77 83 81 72 69 67 65 71 79 81 78 70 68 65 62
Dewpt               68 68 67 65 69 70 68 68 70 69 67 65 70 70 69 69 70 68 65 62
RH                  87 93 97 93 93 79 61 65 93100100100 97 74 67 74100100100100
Wind dir            NE NE NE  N  N NW  E  E SE SE NW  W  N  E  E NE NE  N NE  N
Wind spd            11  8  5  3  3  4  4  5  4  3  2  2  3  5  6  6  5  3  4  4
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          20          50          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.20           0        0.14        0.09        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  S                 S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                C  C                       S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                            86 84                   84
Max heat                                 87                      85


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          80      60    83      62    87      61    82      59    83
Temp          76 78   66 63 77 80   68 63 83 83   67 63 78 79   65 62 78 80
Dewpt         66 65   66 63 69 67   67 63 68 66   66 63 66 66   65 62 67 67
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S     S      SE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    10      20     5      20    10      40    20
Rain shwrs             S  S          S             S  S          C  C  S
Tstms                  S  S          S             S  S          C

$$
NEZ057-140900-
Ogallala-Keith NE
41.05N 101.80W Elev. 3223 ft
801 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          84          63          82          60
Temp                71 67 66 64 69 77 84 82 71 68 65 64 69 78 81 78 68 66 63 61
Dewpt               67 66 64 62 68 70 69 68 68 67 65 64 69 70 69 69 68 66 63 61
RH                  87 97 93 93 97 79 61 63 90 97100100100 76 67 74100100100100
Wind dir            NE NE NE  N  N NW SE SE SE  S SW NW  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd             9  6  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  6  5  4  3  4  4
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 OV OV B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          10          60          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.19           0        0.14        0.06        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                    C  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                C  S                       C  S        C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                            88 85                   84
Max heat                                 88    83                86


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          80      59    83      61    87      60    82      58    83
Temp          75 78 65   62 77 81 67   62 83 83 66   62 77 78 64   60 78 80
Dewpt         68 67 65   62 69 67 65   62 67 66 64   61 66 66 64   60 67 66
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S    SW       S    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40     5      10     5      20    20      40    20
Rain shwrs           C    S                      S          S  C    C  S  S
Tstms                C    S                      S          S  C          S

$$
NEZ069-140900-
Imperial-Chase NE
40.54N 101.63W Elev. 3284 ft
801 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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          83          61          82          60
Temp                73 67 66 64 70 78 83 81 72 67 64 62 70 79 82 78 70 66 63 61
Dewpt               66 67 64 61 69 70 70 67 68 67 64 62 70 70 70 69 68 66 63 61
RH                  79100 93 90 97 76 65 63 87100100100100 74 67 74 93100100100
Wind dir            NE NE  N NW NW NW  E SE SE  E  W NW  N  N NE  E  N NE  N  N
Wind spd             9  6  4  3  3  3  4  6  4  3  4  3  4  4  5  5  3  4  4  4
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          10          60          40          70
QPF 12hr                   0.34           0        0.23        0.03        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                    C  L  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                C  S                       C           S  C  C  C  S
Heat index                            87 84                   85
Max heat                                 88    83                86


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          79      59    83      60    88      60    83      58    84
Temp          75 78 65   61 78 81 67   61 84 84 67   61 79 80 65   60 80 81
Dewpt         69 67 65   61 69 67 65   61 67 65 63   61 66 65 64   60 66 65
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S    SW      SE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40     5      10     5      20    10      40    20
Rain shwrs           C    S                      S             C    C     S
Tstms                C    S                      S             C          S

$$