AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONS FROM
SURROUNDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
Thursday, February 8, 2001

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FXUS63 KOAX 090400 AMD
AFDOMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 
1000 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

ZONES UPDATED TO REFLECT HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ESPECIALLY FROM AREAS OF 
SOUTHEAST NEBRAKSA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW 
AND FREEZING RAIN HAS SNOW TRANSITIONED OVER TO ALL SNOW EXPCEPT FOR 
AREAS OF SOUTHEATS NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA WHERE CHANGE 
EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RADAR AND MTRS SHOW AREA OF HEAVIER 
SNOW ACROSS PTNS OF WRN AND NRN KS INTO SW AND S CNTRL NEB WORKING  
NEWD AS DYNAMICS FROM SNOPTIC SCALE UPPER TROF CONTINUE TO INCREASE. 
SYSTEM HAS SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL WITH H2 TEMP DIFFERENCE OF AROUND 
18 TO 20 DEGREES...H85 DEWPOINTS AROUND 10C IN ERN KS AND 00Z ETA 
MIXING RATIOS AROUND 4G/KG AVBL. RATHER STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES 
AND SOME INDICATION OF COUPLED UPPER JET STRUCTURE WITH SYSTEM ALSO 
INTERESTING. FOR NOW WILL FCST AMOUNTS IN WARNING AREA OF AROUND 5 
TO 8 INCHES. HOWEVER WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LOCAL HIGHER 
AMOUNTS AS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS NRN KS PUSING DEFORMATION ZONE 
OVER SE NEB AND SW IA.. WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO GENERATE SNOW 
AND BLOWING SNOW. LESSOR AMOUNTS IN NERN NEB STILL LOOK OK.        


.OMA...WINTER STORM WARNING...TONIGHT...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
       NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
       SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
       ...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.   

WIESE




 
 
FXUS63 KGID 082358 COR
AFDGRI



SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
600 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

...CORRECTED HEADLINES...

...HEADLINES REMAIN PRIMARY CHALLENGE...AND SNOW AMOUNTS...

IR AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWING THE 
DEFORMATION ZONE FINALLY TAKING SHAPE AS THE BIG UPPER LOW SPINS 
THROUGH ARIZONA.  OVER EASTERN COLORADO...IR LOOP SHOWING CLOUD TOPS 
QUICKLY COOLING AND PUEBLO RADAR SHOWS LARGE AREA OF SNOW EXPANDING. 
IMPRESSIVE WARM CONVEYOR BELT FROM TEXAS INTO IOWA WITH CONVECTIVE 
RAIN/FREEZING RAIN...AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH SE 
KANSAS.  AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT HAVE ENDURED 
NEARLY 24 HOURS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.  RECENT CALLS FROM NORTH 
CENTRAL KANSAS INDICATE SOME PHASE CHANGE TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX.    
 
MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE WITH AVN THE SLOWEST AND MORE CUT OFF...ETA 
FASTER AND MORE OPEN...NGM BETWEEN.  RUC MODEL VALID 06Z SUPPORTS 
MORE OF AN AVN SOLUTION...AS DOES THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY.  SYSTEM 
IS CERTAINLY ALREADY A CLOSED CIRCULATION IN THE WATER VAPOR 
LOOP...AND AS IT EJECTS OUT INTO THE PLAINS SEE NO REASON FOR IT TO 
FILL AS QUICK AS ETA SUGGESTS.  THUS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS 
AVN SOLUTION FOR TRACK OF THE UPPER WAVE...ALTHOUGH THE AVN MAY NOT 
HAVE THE BEST GRASP ON THE LOW/MID LEVEL THERMAL AND MOISTURE 
FIELDS.  

THE DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE HANDLED WELL BY THE 
AVN 700-500 LAYER Q-S CONVERGENCE...WHICH MOVES DIRECTLY OVER MY 
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT 
TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE 
SUGGESTED PRECIPITATION AREA FROM THE UPPER LOW TRACK/MODEL QPF.  
COUNTIES MORE NORTH AND WEST SHOULD ALSO CATCH SOME DEFORMATION ZONE 
SNOW...BUT NOT AS HEAVY.  SOME CONCERN ABOUT HOW SHORT LIVED THE 
ISENTROPIC LIFT IS...GENERALLY ENDING OFF AFTER 06Z.  HOWEVER STILL 
THINK THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL BE FAIRLY ACTIVE...DESPITE THE LACK 
OF LOWER LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT.  ALSO A BIT OF FRONTOGENETICAL 
FORCING FOUND ABOVE THE COLD DOME...MAINLY IN THE H7-H5 LAYER.  THUS 
CURRENT ZONE BREAKUP LOOKS REASONABLE WITH HIGHER THREAT AREAS SOUTH 
AND EAST...BUT CONFIDENCE IS FAIR AT BEST. 

MIXING RATIO VALUES ON THE MESOETA 290K SURFACE FEEDING INTO MY 
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 9 G/KG.  AND THE 24 HOUR 
ACCUMULATED PRECIP FROM BOTH THE AVN AND THE MESOETA ARE IN 
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT...WITH CLOSE TO 1 INCH FAR SOUTHEAST AND 
AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH FAR NORTHWEST.   THIS AIRMASS IS COLD ENOUGH 
FOR 15:1 SOUTH AND PERHAPS 20:1 NORTH.  SOME HINT OF POTENTIAL FOR 
BRIEF CONVECTION OR CSI IN SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.  

SO IF ALL SNOW...MAX AMOUNT COULD BE APPROACHING 10-12 INCHES IN 
EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER.  HOWEVER MODEL SOUNDINGS KEEP AN ELEVATED 
WARM LAYER INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN THE SOUTHEAST...SO SOME 
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET BEFORE DYNAMICAL COOLING AND A 
DEEPENING COLD AIRMASS CHANGE IT TO ALL SNOW.  THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW 
ACCUMULATION ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST.  INITIAL THOUGHTS ON SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM 6-8 INCHES FAR SOUTHEAST TO 2-4 ORD/LXN... 
ENDING BY NOON FRIDAY. 

NEXT CONCERN IS THE WINDS...WHICH ARE A BIT CHALLENGING GIVEN THE 
LACK OF A DEFINED SURFACE LOW IN THIS COLD AIR.  H85 CIRCULATION 
SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE OVER NRN MISSOURI FRIDAY...SO STRONG WINDS SEEM 
LIKELY OVER MOST OF THE CWA AT LEAST IN THE MORNING.  HIGHEST GUSTS 
SHOULD BE NEAR 40 MPH...PLENTY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 
PROBLEMS WITH THE FLUFFY SNOW/COLD AIR.  

WILL KEEP WINTER STORM WARNING IN PLACE AND ADD PHILLIPS AND ROOKS 
TO WARNING...AND CONVERT CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO A 
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY.  WILL ALSO EXTEND THE WARNING AND 
ADVISORY INTO FRIDAY WITH THE EXPECTED GUSTY WINDS AND MORNING 
SNOW.    

BEYOND FRIDAY...SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS IN BEHIND THE EXITING 
LOW...BUT NEXT BIG TROF DIGS INTO WEST COAST AGAIN.  MORE ISENTROPIC 
LIFT DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR 
PRECIP ON SUNDAY.  THIS MAIN SYSTEM IS THEN PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE 
PLAINS WED/THU...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW THEN.  INTERESTING HOW 
THE MAIN NORTH AMERICAN POLAR LOW IS PROGGED BY EXTENDED MODELS TO 
SETTLE OVER THE HUDSON BAY...THEN DROP SLOWLY SOUTH BY FRIDAY.  IF 
THIS HOLDS TRUE...MORE ARCTIC AIR IS IN STORE FOR THE END OF THE 
WEEK.  

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOKS TOO WARM ESPECIALLY FOR SATURDAY WITH A 
COLD START TO THE DAY...SNOW COVER...AND INCREASING MID/HIGH 
CLOUDS.  LOWS LAST NIGHT WERE BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF WY/MT...AND 
EXPECT FRIDAY NIGHT LOWS TO DROP BELOW ZERO AT LEAST IN 
NEBRASKA...BELOW GUIDANCE. 

.GID...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR POLK...YORK...HAMILTON        
      ...HALL...ADAMS...CLAY...FILLMORE...THAYER...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER...    
      BUFFALO...GOSPER...PHELPS...KEARNEY...FURNAS...HARLAN...FRANKLIN...
      SMITH...JEWELL...MITCHELL...OSBORNE...ROOKS...PHILLIPS

      SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FOR DAWSON...
      GREELEY...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN...VALLEY.









 
 
FXUS63 KLBF 082114
AFDLBF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

...FORECAST CHALLENGE AGAIN FOCUSES ON SNOW AMOUNTS...

IMPRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SE AZ WILL MOVE NE WITH TROUGH AXIS 
CROSSING CWFA EARLY FRIDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW FROM SRN PANHANDLE 
TO N CENTRAL NEB HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER PAST COUPLE HOURS 
AND SUNSHINE NOW BREAKING THROUGH AT KVTN. MAIN SURFACE LOW STAYS 
WELL S OF AREA WITH BEST MOISTURE STREAMING N-NE INTO CENTRAL MISS 
VALLEY. 

FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TRENDS OF PAST FEW RUNS...WITH AVN KEEPING 
UPPER LOW CUT OFF LONGER AND PROGRESSING A BIT SLOWER EASTWARD. 
ETA/NGM ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH LOW FILLING FASTER AS WELL. IMPACT 
ON LBF CWFA IS LOCATION OF LOW LEVEL OMEGA AND UPPER LEVEL 
DIVERGENCE TO IMPACT MAINLY SRN CWFA THIS EVENING. 12Z ETA APPEARED 
TO BE VERIFYING BETTER WITH 88D AND SATELLITE TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON.
18Z ETA TRACKS AREA OF UPPER DIVERGENCE AND ENHANCED TOPS SEEN ON 
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER SE CO AT 21Z NORTHEAST ALONG SE FRINGE OF 
CWFA BETWEEN 0Z AND 06Z AND WILL KEEP 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS GOING 
THERE FOR OVERNIGHT. SRN ZONES BORDING GLD CWA BROKEN OUT FOR 2 TO 4 
WHERE THERE WILL BE STEEPER H5-H7 LAPSE RATES AND POSSIBLY BRIEF 
HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 06Z 
AND 12Z AS H7 TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES 
LOOKED GOOD WITH UPSTREAM SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND CLOUD COVER TO 
PREVENT DECOUPLING.

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES SE ACROSS AREA FRIDAY WITH 
CLEARING TREND. FRESH SNOW COVER AND DECREASING WINDS WILL KEEP 
TEMPS ONLY IN TEENS AND 20S. SATURDAY WILL BE MUCH WARMER WITH 
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING IN RESONSE TO LEE SIDE TROUGH AND 
WEAK H5 SHORTWAVE RIDGING. WILL HAVE INCREASING CLOUDS ASSOCIATED 
WITH SW H5 FLOW AND UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE.    

LBF...NONE.

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FXUS63 KGID 082050
AFDGRI



SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
249 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

...HEADLINES REMAIN PRIMARY CHALLENGE...AND SNOW AMOUNTS...

IR AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWING THE 
DEFORMATION ZONE FINALLY TAKING SHAPE AS THE BIG UPPER LOW SPINS 
THROUGH ARIZONA.  OVER EASTERN COLORADO...IR LOOP SHOWING CLOUD TOPS 
QUICKLY COOLING AND PUEBLO RADAR SHOWS LARGE AREA OF SNOW EXPANDING. 
IMPRESSIVE WARM CONVEYOR BELT FROM TEXAS INTO IOWA WITH CONVECTIVE 
RAIN/FREEZING RAIN...AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH SE 
KANSAS.  AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT HAVE ENDURED 
NEARLY 24 HOURS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.  RECENT CALLS FROM NORTH 
CENTRAL KANSAS INDICATE SOME PHASE CHANGE TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX.    
 
MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE WITH AVN THE SLOWEST AND MORE CUT OFF...ETA 
FASTER AND MORE OPEN...NGM BETWEEN.  RUC MODEL VALID 06Z SUPPORTS 
MORE OF AN AVN SOLUTION...AS DOES THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY.  SYSTEM 
IS CERTAINLY ALREADY A CLOSED CIRCULATION IN THE WATER VAPOR 
LOOP...AND AS IT EJECTS OUT INTO THE PLAINS SEE NO REASON FOR IT TO 
FILL AS QUICK AS ETA SUGGESTS.  THUS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS 
AVN SOLUTION FOR TRACK OF THE UPPER WAVE...ALTHOUGH THE AVN MAY NOT 
HAVE THE BEST GRASP ON THE LOW/MID LEVEL THERMAL AND MOISTURE 
FIELDS.  

THE DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE HANDLED WELL BY THE 
AVN 700-500 LAYER Q-S CONVERGENCE...WHICH MOVES DIRECTLY OVER MY 
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT 
TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE 
SUGGESTED PRECIPITATION AREA FROM THE UPPER LOW TRACK/MODEL QPF.  
COUNTIES MORE NORTH AND WEST SHOULD ALSO CATCH SOME DEFORMATION ZONE 
SNOW...BUT NOT AS HEAVY.  SOME CONCERN ABOUT HOW SHORT LIVED THE 
ISENTROPIC LIFT IS...GENERALLY ENDING OFF AFTER 06Z.  HOWEVER STILL 
THINK THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL BE FAIRLY ACTIVE...DESPITE THE LACK 
OF LOWER LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT.  ALSO A BIT OF FRONTOGENETICAL 
FORCING FOUND ABOVE THE COLD DOME...MAINLY IN THE H7-H5 LAYER.  THUS 
CURRENT ZONE BREAKUP LOOKS REASONABLE WITH HIGHER THREAT AREAS SOUTH 
AND EAST...BUT CONFIDENCE IS FAIR AT BEST. 

MIXING RATIO VALUES ON THE MESOETA 290K SURFACE FEEDING INTO MY 
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 9 G/KG.  AND THE 24 HOUR 
ACCUMULATED PRECIP FROM BOTH THE AVN AND THE MESOETA ARE IN 
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT...WITH CLOSE TO 1 INCH FAR SOUTHEAST AND 
AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH FAR NORTHWEST.   THIS AIRMASS IS COLD ENOUGH 
FOR 15:1 SOUTH AND PERHAPS 20:1 NORTH.  SOME HINT OF POTENTIAL FOR 
BRIEF CONVECTION OR CSI IN SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.  

SO IF ALL SNOW...MAX AMOUNT COULD BE APPROACHING 10-12 INCHES IN 
EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER.  HOWEVER MODEL SOUNDINGS KEEP AN ELEVATED 
WARM LAYER INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN THE SOUTHEAST...SO SOME 
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET BEFORE DYNAMICAL COOLING AND A 
DEEPENING COLD AIRMASS CHANGE IT TO ALL SNOW.  THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW 
ACCUMULATION ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST.  INITIAL THOUGHTS ON SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM 6-8 INCHES FAR SOUTHEAST TO 2-4 ORD/LXN... 
ENDING BY NOON FRIDAY. 

NEXT CONCERN IS THE WINDS...WHICH ARE A BIT CHALLENGING GIVEN THE 
LACK OF A DEFINED SURFACE LOW IN THIS COLD AIR.  H85 CIRCULATION 
SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE OVER NRN MISSOURI FRIDAY...SO STRONG WINDS SEEM 
LIKELY OVER MOST OF THE CWA AT LEAST IN THE MORNING.  HIGHEST GUSTS 
SHOULD BE NEAR 40 MPH...PLENTY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 
PROBLEMS WITH THE FLUFFY SNOW/COLD AIR.  

WILL KEEP WINTER STORM WARNING IN PLACE AND ADD PHILLIPS AND ROOKS 
TO WARNING...AND CONVERT CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO A 
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY.  WILL ALSO EXTEND THE WARNING AND 
ADVISORY INTO FRIDAY WITH THE EXPECTED GUSTY WINDS AND MORNING 
SNOW.    

BEYOND FRIDAY...SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS IN BEHIND THE EXITING 
LOW...BUT NEXT BIG TROF DIGS INTO WEST COAST AGAIN.  MORE ISENTROPIC 
LIFT DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR 
PRECIP ON SUNDAY.  THIS MAIN SYSTEM IS THEN PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE 
PLAINS WED/THU...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW THEN.  INTERESTING HOW 
THE MAIN NORTH AMERICAN POLAR LOW IS PROGGED BY EXTENDED MODELS TO 
SETTLE OVER THE HUDSON BAY...THEN DROP SLOWLY SOUTH BY FRIDAY.  IF 
THIS HOLDS TRUE...MORE ARCTIC AIR IS IN STORE FOR THE END OF THE 
WEEK.  

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOKS TOO WARM ESPECIALLY FOR SATURDAY WITH A 
COLD START TO THE DAY...SNOW COVER...AND INCREASING MID/HIGH 
CLOUDS.  LOWS LAST NIGHT WERE BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF WY/MT...AND 
EXPECT FRIDAY NIGHT LOWS TO DROP BELOW ZERO AT LEAST IN 
NEBRASKA...BELOW GUIDANCE. 

.GID...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR POLK...YORK...HAMILTON
       ...HALL...ADAMS...CLAY...FILLMORE...THAYER...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER      
       ....SMITH...JEWELL...MITCHELL...OSBORNE...ROOKS...PHILLIPS

       SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FOR FRANKLIN...
       FURNAS...GOSPER...HARLAN...KEARNEY...PHELPS...BUFFALO...DAWSON...
       GREELEY...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN...VALLEY

NIETFELD





 
 
FXUS63 KOAX 081952
AFDOMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 
145 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

MODELS AND DATA CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK.  -ZR 
CHANGED TO PL IN PARTS OF SALINE COUNTY.  GOOD RISE FALL COUPLET AT 
18Z IN NM WHERE THE TROUGH IS ROTATING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE 
UPPER CIRCULATION.  PROFILERS INDICATED COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES 
UNDER OVERRUNNING.  PRECIP SHOULD GO TO SN AT OMA AND LNK AROUND 
RUSH HOUR AND FINALLY REACH FNB AND ICL ABOUT 2 AM.  

MAX SNOW AXIS ABOUT FBY TO OMA TO HNR ABOUT 6 INCHES OR A LITTLE 
MORE.  WINDS INCREASING AND SIGNIFICANT BLSN...ESPECIALLY HEAVY SNOW 
AXIS NORTH AND WEST.  

CURRENT MINS AND MAXS TEMPS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MAY BE A LITTLE WARM. 

.OMA...SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVSRY TNGT NEZ011-012-015>018-030033
       042-043-050.  
       WINTER STORM WARNING TNT INTO FRIDAY MORNING -ZR TO PL AND SN WITH 
       BLSN...6 INCH ACCUM IA FROM MILLS CTY NORTH AND CRETE TO LNK 
       TO OMA N TO FET 
       WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH FRI AM SERN NEBR/SWRN IA FM 
       BIE/FNB TO SDA/RDK ZR CHNG TO PL AND SN LATE SOME BLSN 2 -4 INCH
       ACCUM OF MESS.
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FXUS63 KLBF 081727
AFDLBF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1129 AM CST THU FEB 8 2001

...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN N CENTRAL ZONES WILL WARRANT A WARNING...

HAVE HAD REPORTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW IN NW ZONES THIS 
MORNING WHICH CORRELATES TO BAND SEEN ON KLNX 88D. HEAVIEST BAND 
SITUATED SW-NE ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY WILL PRODUCE SNOWFALL UP TO 1 
INCH PER HOUR OVER NEXT COUPLE HOURS. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE HEAVY 
SNOW WARNING FOR AREA ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM OSHKOSH TO 
VALENTINE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVIEST SNOW THREAT SHOULD SHIFT SE 
BY EVENING.

LBF...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON ZONES 004-005-022-023.

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FXUS63 KOAX 081719 AMD
AFDOMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 
1110 AM CST THU FEB 8 2001

FBY PROFILER INDICATES THE STRENGTHENING OF THE COLD LAYER SOUTH TO 
THE COLD FRONT IN NORTHERN MO AND EASTERN KS.  THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN 
THE ETA AND THE AVN CONCERNING OPENING OF THE UPPER SYSTEM REMAINS...
WITH THE NGM PERSISTING IN TAKING THE MIDDLE GROUND.  

850 MB FORECASTS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME...AS DO THE FORECAST 
SOUNDINGS.  SEE LITTLE REASON FOR ANY WILD CHANGE IN THE CURRENT 
FORECASTS.  NEED TO UPDATE PRIMARILY FOR PASSING WEATHER.  

NO STRONG REASON FOR TEMPERATURE CHANGES AT THIS TIME ALTHOUGH AVN 
MAV IS COMING IN COLDER TO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
O CHANGES TO EXTENDED ATTM.

.OMA...SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVSRY THIS AFTN/TNGT NEZ011-012-016-017-030
       WINTER WEATHER ADVSRY THIS AFTN FM OLU/OFK SE THRU LNK AND 
       OMA/CBF WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVSRY CONTG TNGT OLU/OFK
       NE THRU WAYNE COUNTY
       WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH FRI AM SERN NEBR/SWRN  
       IA FM BIE/FNB TO SDA/RDK
       WINTER STORM WATCH TNGT INTO FRI LNK/OMA NE THRU IAZ043-056
       069-079-
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