Recreational Report
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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240 SXUS43 KLBF 272117 RECLBF Recreational Forecast National Weather Service North Platte NE 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 NEZ057-281000- Lake McConaughy- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR LAKE MCCONAUGHY... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY AND CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 8 to 14 mph increasing to 10 to 18 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 27. Waters a moderate chop becoming choppy after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 14 to 18 mph decreasing to 10 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Highs around 44. Waters choppy becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 4 to 10 mph increasing to north 14 to 24 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain, light freezing rain, light snow and light sleet in the evening, then a chance of light snow, light rain and light freezing rain after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 22. Waters a light chop becoming rough after midnight. .SATURDAY...Breezy. North winds 22 to 28 mph decreasing to 18 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Highs around 27. Waters very rough. $$ NEZ027-038-281000- Calamus Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR CALAMUS RESERVOIR... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY AND CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...East winds around 6 mph shifting to the southeast 4 to 10 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 21. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming a light chop after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 14 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 33. Waters choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light freezing rain and light snow in the evening, then light snow likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 70 percent. Lows around 19. Waters a light chop. .SATURDAY...Windy. North winds 18 to 28 mph increasing to 22 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning, then a slight chance of light snow in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation 50 percent. Highs around 24. Waters very rough. $$ XXZ059-281000- Sutherland Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 14 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 25. Waters a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 18 mph. Partly sunny. Highs around 40. Waters choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to north 12 to 18 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain, light freezing rain, light snow and light sleet in the evening, then light snow and light freezing rain likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 21. Waters a light chop becoming choppy after midnight. .SATURDAY...Breezy. North winds 18 to 28 mph. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Highs around 29. Waters very rough. $$ XXZ059-281000- Lake Maloney- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR LAKE MALONEY... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...East winds 6 to 8 mph increasing to southeast 10 to 14 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 24. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 14 to 16 mph decreasing to 10 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Highs around 37. Waters a moderate chop becoming choppy in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 6 to 8 mph increasing to north 12 to 18 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain and light snow in the evening. A slight chance of light freezing rain. Light snow and light sleet likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 20. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming choppy after midnight. .SATURDAY...Breezy. North winds 20 to 26 mph. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Highs around 28. Waters rough. $$ XXZ069-281000- Enders Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR ENDERS RESERVOIR... ...CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 25. Waters a light chop. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 12 mph. Partly sunny. Highs around 45. Waters a light chop. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 4 to 8 mph increasing to north 12 to 18 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A chance of light rain in the evening, then light snow, light freezing rain and light rain likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 22. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming choppy after midnight. .SATURDAY...North winds 18 to 24 mph with gusts to near 35 mph. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. Highs around 32. Waters rough. $$ NEZ094-005-024-281000- Merritt Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR MERRITT RESERVOIR... ...CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...East winds 4 to 8 mph increasing to southeast 8 to 14 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of light snow after midnight. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Lows around 23. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .FRIDAY...South winds 12 to 20 mph. Partly sunny. Highs around 40. Waters choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to north 12 to 18 mph after midnight. Cloudy. Light snow likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 70 percent. Lows around 16. Waters a light chop becoming choppy after midnight. .SATURDAY...North winds 16 to 24 mph with gusts to near 35 mph. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning, then a slight chance of light snow in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation 50 percent. Highs around 25. Waters rough. $$ XXZ071-281000- Red Willow Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR RED WILLOW RESERVOIR... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 6 to 12 mph. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 24. Waters a light chop. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 16 mph. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 43. Waters a moderate chop. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to northeast 12 to 18 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain and light freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of light rain, light freezing rain and light snow after midnight. The chance of precipitation 50 percent. Lows around 23. Waters a light chop becoming choppy after midnight. .SATURDAY...Windy. North winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Highs around 32. Waters very rough. $$ XXZ071-281000- Medicine Creek Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR... ...CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...East winds 6 to 10 mph. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 23. Waters a light chop. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 14 mph. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 41. Waters a moderate chop. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast 8 to 14 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain in the evening, then a chance of light snow, light rain and light freezing rain after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 22. Waters a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .SATURDAY...North winds 14 to 24 mph increasing to 18 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 30 percent. Highs around 33. Waters rough. $$ XXZ059-281000- Jeffrey Reservoir- 317 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 ...THE FORECAST FOR JEFFREY RESERVOIR... ...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...East winds 4 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 6 to 12 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 23. Waters smooth to a light chop becoming a light chop after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 16 mph. Partly sunny. Highs around 36. Waters a moderate chop. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to northeast 10 to 16 mph after midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain and light freezing rain in the evening, then light freezing rain, light snow and light sleet likely after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Lows around 20. Waters a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .SATURDAY...Breezy. North winds 16 to 26 mph. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning. The chance of precipitation 30 percent. Highs around 29. Waters rough. $$ && Note: Wind and wave action are for ice free areas in winter.