000 AWUS43 KLBF 040815 AWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-042000- AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 315 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002 A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ABUNDANT SUNSHINE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ALONG WITH A CONTINUATION OF HOT DAYS AND MILD NIGHTS. MOISTURE ROTATING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO...WYOMING...AND SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS REACHING AS FAR EAST AS PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BEFORE DISSIPATING AT NIGHT. THE REST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE DRY WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 90S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE 50S NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ROCKIES...TO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE.