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North Platte Weather-November 17

 forecast graphic november 17 2015Today
Rain before 9am, then snow. Widespread blowing snow after 9am. Temperature falling to around 31 by 3pm. Windy, with a north wind 31 to 34 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Tonight
Snow. Widespread blowing snow before midnight. Low around 26. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 44. West northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. West northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
Friday Night
A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.
BLIZZARD WARNING NOON TODAY UNTIL 6AM WEDNESDAY
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY WITH 8 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN OPEN
AREAS TODAY DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY WET SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING
PERIODS HEAVY SNOW. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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