444 FPUS73 KLBF 040304 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 903 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2004 NEZ037-038-057>059-069>071-040500- CHASE-CUSTER-FRONTIER-HAYES-KEITH-LINCOLN-LOGAN-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...HAYES CENTER... IMPERIAL...NORTH PLATTE...OGALLALA...STAPLETON...STOCKVILLE 903 PM CST (803 PM MST) SAT JAN 3 2004 .NOW... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE AT 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING WITH VISIBILITY FALLING BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. THIS AREA OF SNOW HAS BEEN SPREADING SLOWLY NORTH AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TONIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE WITH UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AT UP TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR AND REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT TIMES. $$ NEZ004>010-022>029-035-036-056-094-040500- ARTHUR-BLAINE-BOYD-BROWN-DEUEL-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GARFIELD-GRANT- HOLT-HOOKER-KEYA PAHA-LOUP-MCPHERSON-ROCK-SHERIDAN-THOMAS- WESTERN CHERRY-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARTHUR...BARTLETT...BASSETT... BREWSTER...BURWELL...BUTTE...CHAPPELL...HYANNIS...MERRIMAN... MULLEN...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPRINGVIEW...TAYLOR... THEDFORD...TRYON...VALENTINE 903 PM CST (803 PM MST) SAT JAN 3 2004 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO 1 MILE AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1/4 INCH PER HOUR. $$ CDC