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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1008 AM CST THU DEC 23 2004

HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ON
WEDNESDAY RANGED FROM 18 DEGREES IN AINSWORTH TO 28 DEGREES IN
OGALLALA. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES DID NOT DROP AS LOW AS FORECASTED
BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE REGION OVERNIGHT.
THE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA RANGED FROM 1 TO 5
DEGREES IN THE NORTH AND 8 TO 13 DEGREES IN THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES
SINCE 8 AM HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING. LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE DAY. 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED
ON THE GROUND IN WAUNETA AND OTHER COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS IN THE SOUTH
WEST HAVE AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES
AND WINDS TODAY IT WILL FEEL MUCH COLDER OUTSIDE SO TAKE PRECAUTIONS
IF GOING OUTSIDE TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.

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