000 FPUS63 KOAX 232306 SFPNE NEZ001>094-241100- STATE FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 500 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2002 .TONIGHT...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW NORTHERN PANHANDLE. INCREASING CLOUDINESS STATEWIDE. LOWS FROM THE LOWER 20S IN THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST TO THE MID 40S. .SUNDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE PANHANDLE. FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES CENTRAL AND EAST. WINDY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL. HIGHS FROM AROUND 30 IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE TO THE MID 50S EXTREME SOUTHEAST. .SUNDAY NIGHT...SNOW LIKELY IN THE PANHANDLE...A CHANCE OF SNOW THE REST OF THE STATE. LOWS FROM NEAR ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE TO THE LOWER 20S EXTREME SOUTHEAST. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE PANHANDLE AND IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST...FLURRIES POSSIBLE IN THE REST OF THE STATE. HIGHS FROM AROUND 10 IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLE TO NEAR 30 EXTREME SOUTHEAST. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WEST...CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES CENTRAL AND EAST. LOWS FROM AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE TO AROUND 10 ABOVE SOUTHEAST. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20 IN THE PANHANDLE...20 TO 30 OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. .WEDNESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDINESS. LOWS FROM 5 BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE TO AROUND 10 ABOVE IN THE SOUTHEAST. HIGHS 25 TO 35. .THURSDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW CENTRAL AND WEST...FLURRIES IN THE EAST. LOWS FROM AROUND 5 ABOVE ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE TO AROUND 20 IN THE SOUTHEAST. $$ NWS/JRS