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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
545 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012

AT 530 AM FRIDAY MORNING...DRY WEATHER DOMINATED ALL OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...UNDER MINIMAL CLOUD COVER. THAT BEING SAID...THE
COMBINATION OF VERY LIGHT BREEZES AND HIGH LOW LEVEL HUMIDITY
LEVELS WAS RESULTING IN FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA. THIS SHALLOW FOG WAS HIGHLY VARIABLE IN
NATURE...RANGING FROM ONLY A LIGHT HAZE IN SOME SPOTS...TO DENSE
FOG WITH VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OTHERS.
TEMPERATURE WISE...PRE-DAWN READINGS RANGED FROM THE 30S IN MUCH
OF WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE THE AIR WAS
DRIER...TO 50S AND EVEN SOME LOW 60S IN EASTERN KANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. 

HEADING INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS...LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE
TO BE AN ISSUE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 OR 10 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF
MAINLY THE EASTERN HALVES OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...ALTHOUGH
VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO VARY QUITE A BIT FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER. ONCE ANY FOG BURNS OFF BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING
HOURS...A MOSTLY SUNNY AFTERNOON IS IN STORE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AS SOUTHERLY BREEZES AVERAGE
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ONCE
AGAIN THREATEN RECORD HIGHS ACROSS PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND 
KANSAS...WITH THE MAJORITY OF BOTH STATES TOPPING OUT BETWEEN 78
AND 83 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
LIMITED...AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED
OUT LATE TODAY OR TONIGHT WITHIN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS...AND
POSSIBLY SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY 
MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG...SOME POSSIBLY DENSE...COULD
DEVELOP WITHIN CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS.

TURNING TO SATURDAY...A VERY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
IS AGAIN POSSIBLE MAINLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS...BUT THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN DRY WITH INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH
RANGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL YET AGAIN SOAR TOWARD
RECORD VALUES...WITH WIDESPREAD UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. 

TURNING TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY...A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL
TAKE HOLD...AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION
FROM THE WEST. AT LEAST ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
LIKELY TO AFFECT NEBRASKA AND KANSAS DURING THIS TIME...SOME OF
WHICH COULD EVEN BE STRONG OR SEVERE. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTH
WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR BOTH DAYS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS LIKELY
EXCEEDING 30 MPH AT TIMES. 

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