000 AWUS43 KLBF 070934 AWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-072200- AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 334 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2004 TEMPERATURES WILL BE IMPACTED BY AREAL SNOW COVER TODAY AS SUNSHINE BLANKETS THE PLAINS. THE ARCTIC HIGH WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE COLD AIRMASS TO MODERATE AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTHWARD. THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL BE ARRIVING ON THE NORTHWEST PLAINS BY EVENING...WITH A COLD FRONT TO EXTEND SOUTHWEST FROM A LOW CENTER OVER NORTH CENTRAL CANADA...INTO NORTHWEST WYOMING. OVERNIGHT CLOUDS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TO ON THE HIGH PLAINS WITH A CHANCE FOR SNOW IN WYOMING... EAST INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. OVERNIGHT THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST... EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING. THE GULF WILL BE CLOSED OFF AS THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD TO FOCUS MAINLY WEST OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM TILL WELL EAST OF THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE 40S IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN KANSAS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS REGIONWIDE EXCEPT FOR 20S IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. $$ KECK