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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE HIGH PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
435 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

LOW OVERCAST CLOUDINESS AND WIDESPREAD FOG QUICKLY MOVED INTO THE
TRI-STATE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH TRANSPORTED THE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE AREA IN THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS YUMA COUNTY COLORADO AND FAR
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM MDT (4 AM CDT) PRODUCING RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IN GENERAL.

AT 4 AM MDT (5 AM CDT) TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA RANGE
FROM 37 DEGREES IN FLAGLER COLORADO TO 45 DEGREES IN GOVE...TRIBUNE
AND HILL CITY KANSAS AND MCCOOK NEBRASKA.

OUTLOOK... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD
THE AREA TODAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT RAIN AND NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE
BELOW NORMAL WITH READINGS GENERALLY IN THE 40S...PERHAPS SOME 50S
IN THE TRIBUNE AND LEOTI AREAS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT
BEFORE COMING TO AN END AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH
THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL WITH WINDS BECOMING
WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A WARMING TREND IS IN STORE WITH READINGS
NEAR NORMAL FRIDAY IN THE 60S AND 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
SATURDAY WITH READINGS IN THE 70S. BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY READINGS AROUND 20 PERCENT...INCREASING FIRE WEATHER AND
BURNING CONCERNS.

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