000 AWUS83 KOAX 031414 RWSOAX IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-032100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 915 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN TEXAS TODAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. THESE SYSTEMS WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY SHOULD BRING A RETURN TO SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE MIDLANDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MOSTLY 40S AND 50S. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM MID 20S OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...TO AROUND 40 FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. && SKIES WERE CLOUDY THROUGHOUT EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIDEPSREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THAT STARTED BEFORE DAYBREAK. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS UP UNTIL 7 AM CDT WERE LIGHT...WITH COLUMBUS REPORTING THE MOST WITH 0.06 INCH. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH 7 AM CDT WERE IN THE 30S TO AROUND 40...RANGING FROM 31 DEGREES AT TEKAMAH...UP TO 41 DEGREES AT COUNCIL BLUFFS AND RED OAK IOWA. READINGS AROUND THE AREA BY 9 AM CDT WERE IN THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 40...WITH MOSTLY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ CHERMOK/KLEMM