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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
307 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2004

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE WESTERN
PLAINS WILL EVOLVE TODAY WITH ONE PRIMARY SURFACE FRONT TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
THAT IS PROJECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...
WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER
WESTERN KANSAS. THEN TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST THE PRIMARY LOW
MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO TEXAS.

AS THE LOW OVER WESTERN KANSAS DEEPENS TODAY AND MOVES SOUTHEAST...
SOUTH WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW WILL SURGE MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS
THE EASTERN PLAINS. AS THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTENS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS TEXAS...WITH THE
CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVERAGE AND SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH INTO THE 40S EAST AND 50S WEST...
EXCEPT COOLER 30S OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES EAST HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES. BY DAYBREAK TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS
OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...TO THE MIDDLE 40S IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

INTO THE WEEKEND A COOLING TREND CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH
TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL READINGS BY SUNDAY. A CANADIAN HIGH
WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST SATURDAY WITH THE COLDEST AIR PROJECTED TO
DESCEND ACROSS CANADA TO MAINLY IMPACT THE NORTHERN MIDWEST TO ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY.
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KECK