000 AWUS83 KGID 030351 RWSGID KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 031000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1050 PM CDT WED APR 2 2008 ALTHOUGH AREAS OF CLEAR SKIES REMAINED...CLOUDS WERE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. TWO SEPARATE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION HAD ALSO DEVELOPED BY 1000 PM...WITH LIGHT RAIN MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AND RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STREAMING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LATE EVENING TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 40S ACROSS MOST OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...WITH LOW 50S COMMON IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAD DIMINISHED TO UNDER 10 MPH IN MOST OF THE REGION...ALTHOUGH NORTH WINDS WERE STARTING TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA BEHIND A FRONT. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING INTO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...WITH AT LEAST A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN KANSAS. AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE PANHANDLE...AREAS OF SNOW SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP THERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH RAIN SHOWERS COMMON ACROSS NEBRASKA...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY EVEN BE ON THE STRONG SIDE. MANY LOCATIONS IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS ARE LIKELY TO PICK UP A GOOD QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN NEBRASKA WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S NORTHWEST TO AROUND 40 IN THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE KANSAS LOWS RANGE FROM THE MID 30S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 40S SOUTHEAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE FAIRLY UNIFORM ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...ONLY REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL LIKELY BE THE WARMER EXCEPTION...WITH READINGS CLIMBING TO AROUND 60 DEGREES BEFORE THE COOLER AIR ARRIVES. $$ PFANNKUCH