- Today: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
- Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as zero. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -3. North wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 309 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EARLY THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE REGION BY NOON. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND 9 AM CST...8 AM MST. GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER... CURTIS...EUSTIS 309 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 /209 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY MID MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CHASE...HAYES AND PERKINS COUNTIES. 1 TO 3 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH PRODUCING MINOR DRIFTING AND WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR WILL LOWER VISIBILITY TO AROUND 1 MILE. ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.