000 AWUS43 KLBF 280933 AWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-282300- AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2004 WINTER STORM WATCHES WILL GO UP TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND NORTHERN MIDWEST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TODAY...WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TONIGHT WHILE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL COVER THE DURATION OF SUNDAY...INTO MONDAY BEFORE EXITING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES LATE MONDAY. IN SOME MOUNTAINOUS TERRAINS TODAY WHERE A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE WEST OF THE DIVIDE. THE THREAT FOR SNOWFALL WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS...WYOMING...NEBRASKA...AND SOUTH DAKOTA. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTH FROM THE GULF TODAY WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AS PIECES OF ENERGY ARE EJECTED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL FOCUS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT...THEN FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 40S OVER SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE LOWER 60S IN KANSAS. THEN LOWS OVERNIGHT IN THE 20S IN SOUTH DAKOTA...RANGING INTO THE 40S IN PARTS OF KANSAS. $$ KECK