Clear & Cold

Clearing skies for a good chunk of us will allow temperatures to fall into the single digits and below zero Thursday Night. Wind chills will be ranging from zero to 10 below. Clouds will be in the increase by sunrise into Friday AM, and by Friday afternoon snow will start to fall. By Friday evening up to 1-3" is possible with mainly and inch in North Platte.

Take care,
Thomas

Overnight Thursday Update

Showers and a few embeded t-storms have moved into the state. Temperatures have allready fallen into the lower 30s across some areas of Cherry county, Brown County and Keya Paha counties. A winter weather advisory is in effect for northeast and northern Nebraska thorough lunchtime. Up to 0.05" to a .25 of an inch of ice is possible in these areas. For the rest of us its going to be light rain with maybe some patchy fog. Will start out with scattered light rain and freezing rain across the state on Thursday morning. By Thursday afternoon Iam looking at drier, but windy conditions out of the north will make it feel up to 30 degrees colder than Wednesday. Another round of snow is on tap for Friday Night.

Thomas

It’s A Mess!

Through 12am it shouldn’t be to bad with just increasing clouds and a 20% chance of an Isolated T-Storm. Overnight Wednesday I’m looking for freezing rain to develop across Northern and Northeastern Nebraska and Scattered Showers and T-storms for the rest of the state. Ice accumulations with be a .10 to .25 inch of ice northeast of Ainsworth. 0.05-.10 inch of an ice for parts of Brown, Cherry Counties, and parts of Thomas and Blaine Counties.

Improving Weather starting Thursday afternoon, then more rain and snow for Friday.

Thomas

Isolated T-Storms

A weak disturbance developed over Nebraska and it touched off a few t-storms across the area. For the most part the forecast still calls for partly cloudy skies, but iam going to introduce a 20% chance of t-storm espeically south of I-80 and south and east of Lexington. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s with a west wind at 5-10. For the most part the ice/snow/sleet and rain event looks on track for Wendesday night.

Thomas

One More Warm Day!

Will hang on to the warmth for one more day, then we return to winter on Wednesday night and Thursday AM. Right now the heaviest winter precipitation looks to be in Eastern Cherry, Brown, and Blaine Counties and towards Northeast Nebraska. As of right now I am not thinking this is going a major winter weather event for the North Platte Area. Only an inch at most with the snow and .01 of ice.

Thomas

A Couple Of Warm Days!

Get out and enjoy Tuesday and Wednesday. Dry and warm temperatures will be across the area with highs making it into the 60s with out any issues. Wednesday night and Thursday could bring some issues into the area. As we will have a chance at some freezing and snow, especially across northern Nebraska.

Thomas

A Preview Of Spring…

Minus the severe weather outbreaks. Temperatures on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be on the mild side with highs in the 60s by Tuesday and Wednesday. Our next chance of precipitation comes in on Thursday with a rain and snow mix with highs dropping back into the 30s.

Enjoy!
Thomas

Back To Winter Friday…

Rain and snow is on the way for Friday. Highs will be in the upper 30s, the winds will be picking up Friday afternoon and at times gusting up to 40mph. Wind chills may sink to near zero on Friday night. Little or no snowfall accumulation is expected.

Thomas

Cold Wednesday Night

Cold conditions Wednesday night with decreasing clouds, lows will be in the teens with winds out of the NW at about 5-10mph. Thursday and Friday look dry with highs in the 40s and lows in the teens and 20s. A set back to winter comes Friday night as a storm system approaches from the north; this will give us a chance of light snow Friday night and early Saturday morning. It will be colder also on Saturday with highs only in the 30s. A nice warm for Sunday and into early next week with sunshine and highs in the 50s.

Thomas

Light Snow For The Overnight Tuesday

Light snow for the overnight across the area through Wednesday. By Wednesday afternoon some areas my see a dusting to an inch, lows Tuesday night will be in the teens and 20s with highs in the 30s. It will be breezy at times with winds out of the NNW 10-20mph.

Thomas

Dry Conditions For Tuesday, And then Snow…

Dry conditions for Monday night and Tuesday, in fact Tuesday will be a mild day across the area. Highs will be in the 50s towards Imperial and 40s for the rest of the area.

Snow and at the start a rain/snow mix will roll into the area, but by the overnight Tuesday it should change back to snow. 1-2” is possible for Northern Nebraska with an Inch possible for the North Platte area.


Thomas

Snow Wrapping Up In Some Areas

We ended up with 8 inches here at the station north of town. As of lunch time the snow was just down to light snow flurries here at KNOP. I expect that pattern to continue through the afternoon hours. Broken Bow and east the snow will continue, in fact in Custer County an additional 1-2'' is possible this afternoon on top of the 8-10 inches you picked up Friday AM.

Another snow maker is on the way for Saturday. Tara Moore will have more on that tonight.

Thomas

The Snow Keeps Adding Up

(9:47:56 AM) nwsbot: LBF: 5 W Stapleton [Logan Co, NE] co-op observer reports HEAVY SNOW of M5.5 INCH at 09:49 AM CST -- co-op observer recorded 1.5 inch snowfall rate during the last hour(9:50:33 AM) nwsbot:

LBF: Stockville [Frontier Co, NE] co-op observer reports SNOW of M5.0 INCH at 09:53 AM CST --

(9:59:34 AM) nwsbot: LBF: 15 N North Platte [Lincoln Co, NE] nws employee reports HEAVY SNOW of M10.0 INCH at 10:01 AM CST -- ten inches on the ground. still snowing moderate with a half mile visibility.

Snow Pic

Outside the station

Snow Report

nwsbot: LBF: 7 Sw Merna [Custer Co, NE] public reports HEAVY SNOW of E7.0 INCH at 08:11 AM CST --

Mesoscale Discussion

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0108.html

Snowfall

8:30

Hope you enjoyed me in the snow :)

On avg. about 4-8 inches of snow has fallen across the area. And I imagin that there has to be some locally higher amouts.

LBF: North Platte [Lincoln Co, NE] nws employee reports HEAVY SNOW of M6.0 INCH at 08:15 AM CST -- six inches of snow on the ground...with three inches since 630 am. report was from southwest side of town.

(8:06:53 AM) nwsbot: LBF: Arnold [Custer Co, NE] dept of highways reports SNOW of E3.0 INCH at 08:09 AM CST -- (8:07:57 AM) nwsbot: LBF: Callaway [Custer Co, NE] dept of highways reports HEAVY SNOW of E6.0 INCH at 08:11 AM CST --

Other reports include about 7 inches around the Arlond area...

Thomas

Snow Emergencies

The Cities of North Platte and Cozad have issued snow emergencies. That means if your car is parked on a snow route. Please move your car.

Snow Adding Up

LBF: 15 N North Platte [Lincoln Co, NE] nws employee reports HEAVY SNOW of M8.0 INCH at 07:03 AM CST -- visibility is below 1/2 mile and snow is falling at a rate of greater than inch an hour. snow drifts are exceeding two feet.

School Closings

Tons of them this morning, please make sure you're keeping an eye at the bottom of the screen on KNOP-TV or here online.

Thomas

Mesoscale Discussion #0108

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0108.html

Snowfall Report

View the latest Local Storm Report NWUS53 KLBF 131055
LSRLBF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
455 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 AM SNOW 15 N NORTH PLATTE 41.35N 100.77W
02/13/2009 M3.0 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
VISIBILITY IS BELOW 1/2 MILE AND SNOW IS FALLING AT A
RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH LARGE FLAKES. WIND IS
EXTIMATED OUT OF THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SNOW IS
FLUFFY AND THERE IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
&&
$$
SPRINGER
View the latest Local Storm Report NWUS53 KLBF 130949
LSRLBF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
348 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 AM SNOW OGALLALA 41.13N 101.72W
02/13/2009 E1.5 INCH KEITH NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
$$
MASEK

Winter Storm Is Under Way...

Hey Folks,

I am going to be in "live blogging mode" this Friday AM! Ill be passing out info on snowfall amounts or other news that this storm might bring. Right now (6:54cdt) we have about 3-4" on the ground at KNOP. Kidda tough with the trees blocking us. But for most of the KNOP-TV viewing area iam looking at about 5-10" of snow still . A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for most of the KNOP-TV News 2 Viewing area until 6pm.

Thomas

Winter Storm On The Way…

Snow will begin to move into the area overnight Thursday and into Friday. The heaviest snow will be in the time neighborhood of 6am/7am to about 1-2pm. This is when we could possibly pick up 1 to 2 inches of snow an hour. The snow will also be accompanied by strong winds out of the east/northeast 20-30mph and at times gusting to 40mph. This may create near blizzard conditions at times.

By the time this is all said and done, most of us will see 5-10 inches of snow. With 3-6 inches of snow falling in Northern Nebraska and the Panhandle.

Stay tuned to News 2 through out the day on Friday as will have updates through out the day. I will be here in the morning and Meteorologist Tara Moore will be here Friday Night.

Also keep check back to knopnews2.com where u can find the latest weather reports on the blog, school and event closings, up to date weather warnings and advisories and News 2 trueview radar.

Take care,
Thomas

Major Winter Storm On The Way…

Dry conditions will be with us through at least late Thursday. Lows Wednesday will be in the upper teens and highs Thursday won’t be to bad in the mid 40s with Mostly Sunny skies in the AM and Partly Sunny skies in the afternoon.

Thursday night after midnight is when the weather fun starts… snow will start moving from the southwest and by Friday morning up to 1-3” is possible, especially south of a line from Oshkosh to North Platte and Cozad. Friday Morning into Friday Afternoon is not going to pretty in the area well for the entire state for that matter. Snow heavy at times will blanket the area. Winds will also be an issue as well; at times winds may gust up to 30mph causing blowing and drifting snow.

Snow fall accumulations look like this…. And ill talk about this state wide.

South of a line from Omaha to North Platte iam looking at about 6-10 inches of snow. This includes I-80 from about North Platte to Omaha. A lot of HWY effected there, plan accordingly on Friday.

From about Ogallala to Dunning over to Norfolk I am looking about 4-8 inches of snow and north of there I am looking for about 1-3 inches of snow.

Thomas

Overnight Update

10:30pm

Rain/Snow is moving out and clear to partly cloudy skies should take over by no later than sun rise. Winds should be down to 10-20mph out of the WNW by sunrise, lows will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s.

Thomas

Tons Of Rain And Wind

Rain and wind should start to come to end across the area from southwest to northeast through 12am. Snow will also linger in Cherry, Northern Grant and Hooker Counties through 12am. Snow accumulations should be less than 1 inch and that will mainly be on the grassy areas. But some parts of HWY 2 and HWY 61 may have some slick spots.

The other story has been the wind, a Wind Advisory remains in effect for 9pm (CST) 8pm (MST) for most of the KNOP-TV Viewing area and 12am from Thedford eastward. Winds for Monday evening will be out of the west northwest 25-45mph and then die down (like the rain) after 12am.

Quiet weather conditions are in store through Thursday, Highs on Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the 48-55 range. Thursday will see increasing clouds as the next storm system pulls in. And that might bring us a chance of snow.


Thomas

Winter Weather Blitz

After record highs on Friday, temps slip a little on Saturday. It’s Sunday when things start to go downhill with snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain and possibly t-storms Sunday night. For North Platte Sunday night it looks like its going to start as snow/freezing rain then turn to rain by Monday AM. Areas east of North Platte will see a mostly rain event with this storm, and on the flip side areas north and west of North Platte will see a frozen precip (Snow/Ice) event.

Tune into Tara this weekend for the latest forecast changes, because there will be some.

Have a good weekend,
Thomas

Do Not Burn Friday Afternoon!

A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6pm/5pm Friday Afternoon. Due to low a relative humidity, winds of 10 to 20 mph out of the west, unseasonably warm conditions and dormant vegetation. This is a perfect setup for explosive fire growth. Please avoid burning Friday Afternoon. If you have to burn something please wait til later Friday night as relative humidity levels will climb again.

I will be looking at a major mess of a weather forecast setting up for Sunday night. As we have the chance of Snow, Sleet, Ice, Rain and believe it or not some T-Storms. Join me later Friday for News 2.


Thomas

Enjoy It Well It Lasts!

Temps on Friday will almost be a re-pete of Thursday with temps a few degrees warmer. I think some areas will easily hit 70 southwest of North Platte. The draw back though is the air will be dry. Combine that with the low relative humilities and the warm conditions the fire danger will be high southwest of North Platte. Please use caution if burning in this area.

A weak cold front will slip though the area Friday night. No precipitation is likely with this event. But it will slide down some cooler air for Saturday. Highs on Saturday will only be in the upper 40s and lower 50s and compare to Friday’s highs of 60s and 70s.

Sunday and Monday is looking like a major winter storm will set its sites on parts of Nebraska. An icing event is also possible, and for south-central and southeastern Nebraska heavy rain and maybe a severe storm is possible. Bottom line is keep checking back in with the forecast; this might be a game time decision on what areas get what.

Take care,
Thomas

A Nice Thursday….

Another nice Thursday is on tap. Thursday AM lows will be in the teens and 20s but rebound rather nicely into the 50s/60s and 70s (warmer towards the southwest) with tons of Sunshine.

Same holds true for Friday, then we start cooling down Saturday, then a possible major winter storm may impact our area Sunday and Monday… Stay Tuned as we like to say in the TV Biz.

Take care,
Thomas

Nice Weather

You are going to love the next 3 days! Temps will be in the 50s and 60s with sunshine!

Thomas

Some Light Snow Monday Night…

Will have some winter weather to deal with Monday night across the state of Nebraska. Monday night lows will be in the teens. Tuesday, not to bad with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s and sunshine. The much advertised warm up beings on Wednesday with highs in the 50s. Thursday and Friday temps will be in the 60s! Winter returns for the weekend.

Thomas

A Few Snow Flurries…

A few snow flurries will be possible through sunset Sunday night. Then things will start to clear out and cool down. Lows Sunday night will range for 10 to 15 with a NW wind 5-15. Monday looks partly sunny with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s and a west wind 5-15.

Tuesday through Friday looks great with highs in the 50s Tuesday and 60s/70s Wednesday through Friday with sunshine.

Take care,

Thomas