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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE HIGH PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
430 AM MST THU JAN 6 2005

THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS CONTINUED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE EVENING...FLURRIES AND CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS
THE REGION. HOWEVER...ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVED FURTHER TO THE
EAST...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVED IN...AND ENDED THE
PRECIPITATION AND BROUGHT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO THE AREA. THE WINDS
STAYED IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE AS THEY SHIFTED FROM THE NORTH TO THE
SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO BECOME VERY COLD. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM NEAR ZERO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO.

OUTLOOK...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AS LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WILL
ALLOW SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO BRING IN A LITTLE WARMER AIR
INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SNOW COVERING THE GROUND AND
SOME HIGHER LEVEL CLOUD COVER...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE
BELOW NORMAL. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED THE MOST SNOW WILL BE 15
TO NEAR 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER WHERE LESS SNOW OCCURRED IN
EASTERN COLORADO...TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL WARM EVEN MORE...AND START MELTING SOME
OF THE SNOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 30 INTO THE
MIDDLE 30S WHICH IS STILL 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COLDEST
READINGS WILL BE IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE REGION WHERE THE
DEEPEST SNOW COVER WILL REMAIN. THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AT MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AS A RESULT OF THE
LINGERING SNOWCOVER. OTHERWISE...DRY CONDITIONS AND PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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BULLER