000 FPUS73 KLBF 231200 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 600 AM CST THU DEC 23 2004 NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-231400- ARTHUR-CHASE-DEUEL-GARDEN-GRANT-KEITH-PERKINS-SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...GRANT...HYANNIS... IMPERIAL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE 500 AM MST THU DEC 23 2004 .NOW... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING FOR DEUEL...GARDEN...GRANT... ARTHUR AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH 7 AM MST. THROUGH THIS TIME...THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM DEUEL COUNTY...SOUTHEAST INTO PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTY. IN THESE AREAS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO A MILE. LOOK FOR HOURLY ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS OF A QUARTER INCH...WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ACCUMULATION ELSEWHERE. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY LATE MORNING. $$ CLB