000 AWUS83 KOAX 271013 RWSOAX IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045- 050>053-065>068-078-088>093-271800- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 400 AM CST THU JAN 27 2005 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW...THEN SPREADING EAST INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA BY THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...EXPECT AN AREA OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET FROM SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME FREEZING RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS ON SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE MAINLY IN THE 30S ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS...NEBRASKA...KANSAS AND MISSOURI...TO THE 20S ACROSS IOWA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE MAINLY IN THE 20S. && MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WERE NOTED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. OTHERWISE...EAST OR SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH PREVAILED WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING INTO THE MID 20S WHERE CLOUDS REMAINED...BUT DIPPING TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. $$ DEWALD