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National Weather Service North Platte NE
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

NEZ025-160900-
Nebraska National Forest-Thomas NE
41.90N 100.27W Elev. 2695 ft
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      52          73          53          79          59
Temp                   62 57 53 59 68 73 70 59 55 53 53 59 67 76 78 68 65 62 60
Dewpt                  53 44 37 42 45 45 49 51 52 53 53 58 62 64 66 67 65 62 60
RH                     72 62 54 53 43 37 47 75 90100100 96 84 66 67 97100100100
Wind dir                N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  E
Wind spd                8  9 11 12 10  8  9  6  4  5  6  9 12 13  9  5  4  3  4
Wind gust                 19 24
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  L
Tstms                                                                         S


Date           09/17  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      63    85      60    78      54    74      51    74
Temp          75 73   65 64 79 80   65 60 72 74   59 55 69 72   56 51 68 71
Dewpt         65 67   65 63 65 66   65 60 60 60   59 55 57 56   56 51 55 55
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW       W     N       N     N       N     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      70    20      30    20      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    L  C  S  S    C  C  S  S    C  S  S
Tstms          S  S    S  S          S             S

$$
NEZ022-160900-
Crescent Lake NWS-Garden NE
41.74N 102.41W Elev. 3850 ft
1121 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      49          74          52          84          58
Temp                   59 54 50 56 66 73 71 61 58 55 52 58 70 80 82 68 64 60 58
Dewpt                  50 40 35 38 38 39 44 45 48 50 52 55 56 57 57 60 61 60 58
RH                     72 59 56 51 36 29 38 56 69 83100 90 61 45 43 76 90100100
Wind dir               NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E
Wind spd               10 16 11 11  8 12 17 16 16 16 16 18 18 14 12 11 10  9  9
Wind gust                 28 23       23 28 28 28 28 26 28 29 28 25 23
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Heat index                                                    80 82
Max heat                                                         83


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      58    84      56    77      51    75      49    74
Temp          72 73 61   60 78 80 62   57 71 74 56   53 70 72 54   50 68 71
Dewpt         61 61 61   60 58 56 58   56 52 50 54   52 50 47 51   50 48 48
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      NW     N      NE     N       E     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      70    10      20    20      40    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  L  L    C        S    S  S  S  C    S
Tstms             C  C    S        S          S  S

$$
NEZ004-160900-
Rushville-Sheridan NE
42.71N 102.47W Elev. 3746 ft
1121 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      44          73          50          84          55
Temp                   54 50 44 54 65 72 70 57 54 51 51 59 74 82 80 67 61 57 55
Dewpt                  42 36 40 43 42 42 44 45 45 48 50 56 57 56 58 57 57 57 55
RH                     64 58 86 66 43 34 39 64 71 89 96 90 55 41 47 70 87100100
Wind dir               NE  N  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E NE NE
Wind spd                5  6  3  4  3  8 11 12 12 12 14 16 14 10  5  5  3  4  4
Wind gust                 18 13             24 24 24 26 27          16
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S                          C
Heat index                                                    82 80
Max heat                                                         82


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      56    83      54    75      49    74      47    74
Temp          71 71 60   58 76 77 59   54 69 70 54   50 69 69 52   48 68 70
Dewpt         61 62 60   58 61 59 57   54 55 52 52   50 51 47 48   48 49 46
PWind dir         E       S     W       N     N       E    NW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC B1 FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      60    20      30    30      30    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  L    C  S  S  S    C  S  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms             C  C             S             S

$$
NEZ005-160900-
Valentine-Eastern Cherry NE
42.86N 100.55W Elev. 2580 ft
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      48          74          51          81          57
Temp                   55 51 48 59 68 73 70 57 54 52 52 60 69 78 80 67 63 60 58
Dewpt                  45 37 39 44 40 41 48 50 52 51 51 56 59 63 64 65 63 60 58
RH                     69 59 71 57 36 31 45 77 93 96 96 87 70 60 58 93100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  E
Wind spd                6 12  8 11  6  4  9  8  6  8  9 13 16 14 10  8  5  4  4
Wind gust                 24                      18    24    25
Clouds                 SC FW SC FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Heat index                                                       81
Max heat                                                         83


Date           09/17  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      57    75      52    74      49    74
Temp          73 72   64 62 77 79   63 57 69 73   58 53 69 71   54 50 69 71
Dewpt         65 66   64 62 66 65   63 57 59 59   57 53 54 54   54 50 51 54
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW       N     N       N     N       N    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      80    20      30    30      40    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  L  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms             S    C  S          S             S

$$
NEZ010-160900-
O`Neill-Holt NE
42.48N  98.68W Elev. 2000 ft
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      53          71          52          75          59
Temp                   63 59 54 59 66 71 68 57 55 53 52 59 63 72 74 68 66 63 60
Dewpt                  56 49 42 47 49 51 56 55 55 53 52 59 63 67 68 68 66 63 60
RH                     78 69 64 64 54 49 65 93100100100100100 84 82100100100100
Wind dir                N NW NW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  E
Wind spd                4  6  9 11  9  5  4  3  3  4  5  9 10 10  5  5  3  3  3
Wind gust                    19
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C


Date           09/17  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      63    83      61    73      55    70      52    70
Temp          70 71   66 65 78 78   67 62 68 71   61 56 65 68   57 53 64 67
Dewpt         68 70   66 65 68 70   66 62 65 65   61 56 62 62   57 53 60 61
PWind dir         E      SE    SW      SW     N       N     N       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      70    50      50    30      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S
Tstms             S    S  S     S    S

$$
NEZ038-160900-
Broken Bow-Custer NE
41.44N  99.66W Elev. 2475 ft
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      56          71          53          76          59
Temp                   64 60 57 59 67 71 68 58 56 54 53 59 64 73 76 68 66 63 60
Dewpt                  59 50 42 43 46 48 52 53 54 54 53 59 64 68 70 68 66 63 60
RH                     84 69 57 55 47 44 57 83 93100100100100 84 82100100100100
Wind dir                N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                9 11 14 13 10  9  8  4  3  4  5  6  8 10  6  4  2  2  3
Wind gust                 23 27 24
Clouds                 B2 OV B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30           0          20          20          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.05        0.01        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C                          S  S           S  S  L  L  L
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C


Date           09/17  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      63    84      60    76      53    72      50    71
Temp          73 73   65 64 79 80   65 60 70 73   60 55 67 70   57 51 65 68
Dewpt         68 70   65 63 67 69   65 60 64 64   60 55 61 61   56 51 59 60
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW     N       N     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      50    20      50    30      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C     S    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  S    S        S    C             S

$$
NEZ059-160900-
North Platte-Lincoln NE
41.14N 100.68W Elev. 2800 ft
1221 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      55          71          55          80          61
Temp                   65 61 57 57 65 70 69 60 57 56 55 59 66 75 79 69 67 63 62
Dewpt                  59 50 40 41 44 46 51 52 54 55 55 59 64 65 68 68 67 63 62
RH                     81 67 53 55 46 42 53 75 90 96100100 93 71 69 97100100100
Wind dir               NE NE  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  E
Wind spd               13 17 18 14 11 10 10  6  5  6  6  6 10 11  9  8  5  4  4
Wind gust                 31 31 26
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           0          20          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C                                         S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                         C


Date           09/17  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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    86      60    78      55    75      52    73
Temp          76 74   66 64 79 81   66 61 72 75   61 56 68 71   57 53 66 69
Dewpt         66 68   66 63 65 67   66 60 62 62   61 56 60 60   57 52 59 59
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW     N      NE     N       N    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      50    20      30    20      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C     S    C  C  S  S    C  C  S
Tstms          S  S    S             S             S

$$
NEZ057-160900-
Ogallala-Keith NE
41.05N 101.80W Elev. 3223 ft
1121 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      54          73          55          81          61
Temp                   63 59 55 57 66 72 71 61 60 57 55 59 67 77 80 69 65 63 61
Dewpt                  57 49 38 41 44 46 49 50 51 53 55 59 63 64 64 65 65 63 61
RH                     81 69 53 55 45 39 46 67 72 86100100 87 64 58 87100100100
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               10 17 16 12  9  9  9  6  6  8  8  9 11 11  8  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                 29 27                                     17
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           0          10          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                                         C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S
Heat index                                                       82
Max heat                                                         84


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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          85      62    85      59    78      55    74      52    74
Temp          76 74 64   62 78 82 64   59 71 76 59   55 69 72 56   52 66 71
Dewpt         66 65 64   61 65 64 62   59 62 59 58   55 60 57 56   52 59 57
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW       W     N      NE     N       N    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      70    20      30    20      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  L    C     S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S                S
Tstms             S  C             S             S    S

$$
NEZ069-160900-
Imperial-Chase NE
40.54N 101.63W Elev. 3284 ft
1121 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      55          75          55          85          61
Temp                   65 61 57 60 67 73 72 62 59 56 55 61 69 79 84 71 67 63 61
Dewpt                  59 54 42 40 42 43 49 50 52 55 55 61 63 64 64 65 64 63 61
RH                     81 78 57 47 40 34 44 65 78 96100100 81 60 51 81 90100100
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               10 17 16 14 11 11 11  8  6  8  8  9 11 12 10  9  6  6  5
Wind gust                 31 29 26 21    21                         19
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           0          10           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                                         C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S
Heat index                                                    80 85
Max heat                                                         86    83


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      62    87      59    80      56    76      52    75
Temp          79 78 65   63 80 84 65   60 73 78 60   56 69 75 57   53 68 73
Dewpt         65 64 63   61 64 63 62   59 61 59 59   56 59 57 57   53 57 57
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NW     N      NE     N      NE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      60    20      30    20      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs        C  L    S     S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S     S
Tstms             S  S          S  S          S  S    S

$$