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Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains; Pacific Storms Impacting the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains into Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will impact the western U.S. into Wednesday with gusty winds, low elevation rain, and heavy mountain snow. Read More >

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Valley & Greeley Counties for 6am Thursday through midnight. A narrow band of heavy snow accumulations of 5-6" will be possible for these areas. Further south, A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the same time for areas down to, and including, the I-80 corridor. Snow amounts here should range from 1 to 4 inches. Northerly winds gusting 30-40mph will result in blowing/drifting snow. Expect travel impacts across the region Thursday into Thursday night.
Snow moves into the area Thursday morning, becoming widespread during the afternoon and evening areas across south central Nebraska. Northerly winds gusting 30-40mph will result in blowing and drifting snow.
Areas most favored to see accumulating snow on Thursday will be along and north of the Interstate 80 in Nebraska. The heaviest accumulations will be for areas along and north of Highway 92 in Nebraska.
Areas most favored to see minor impacts from snow will be along/north of Interstate 80, with moderate impacts possible north of Highway 92.