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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
308 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012

AT 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING...DRY WEATHER RULED ALL OF NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS...UNDER PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR SKIES. TEMPERATURES WERE A BIT
VARIABLE...BUT THE MAJORITY OF BOTH STATES REPORTED READINGS
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 DEGREES. BREEZES WERE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE IN MOST AREAS...THANKS TO A BROAD AXIS OF SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE. 

THE DAYTIME HOURS WILL REMAIN DRY ACROSS NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS...UNDER CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. HOWEVER...YET AGAIN A
WINDY DAY IS IN STORE...BUT THIS TIME OUT OF THE SOUTH...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.
FOR THE MOST PART...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL FOCUS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ONE-THIRD OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL VARY SOMEWHAT TODAY FROM
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM ONLY THE 30S IN
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO THE 60S IN WESTERN KANSAS. IN BETWEEN
THESE EXTREMES...MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL WILL BE IN THE 40S...WITH
50S MORE COMMON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

TONIGHT...IT WILL REMAIN DRY ACROSS KANSAS AND SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA...ALTHOUGH A FEW RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS COULD BRUSH PARTS
OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA. DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO
SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH BREEZES WILL AGAIN BE RATHER STRONG ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION...THIS TIME OUT OF THE WEST.

LOOKING AHEAD A BIT...A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM
ON THE CENTRAL PLAINS MAINLY DURING THE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. INITIALLY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
MONDAY NIGHT...A WINTRY MIX MAY TARGET PARTS OF NEBRASKA...BUT
THEN TURNING TO RAIN AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN MOST AREAS AS
WARMER AIR SURGES NORTH OUT OF KANSAS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...BEFORE A
STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES IN TUESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY BRINGING SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEBRASKA. THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALSO FEATURE MORE STRONG WINDS. 

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