381 FPUS63 KOAX 200947 SFPNE NEZ001>094-202200- STATE FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 500 AM CDT TUE APR 20 2004 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EAST. DECREASING CLOUDS PANHANDLE AND WEST. HIGHS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. IN THE EAST...CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTHERN PANHANDLE. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE 60S NORTH AND WEST TO AROUND 70 SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CENTRAL AND EAST. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PANHANDLE AND WEST. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE WEST TO THE UPPER 40S SOUTHEAST. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S WEST AND CENTRAL TO THE MID 60S SOUTHEAST. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE WEST TO THE MID 40S SOUTHEAST. HIGHS IN THE 50S TO THE LOWER 60S. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND EAST. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S PANHANDLE AND WEST TO THE LOWER AND MID 40S EAST. HIGHS IN THE 60S. $$ NWS/KAR