Kent's Comments:{/strong}

We all saw a colder day as a disturbance rolled through the region veering to the northeast into Minnesota but not before dropping snow from western to northern Nebraska with areas picking up heavy amounts including 8.5" at Page in Holt county while nearby O'Neill saw 6.5". Other amounts including those out west was Oshkosh with 5", Arther 4.5" and back north 8" at Center and Fordyce, 7.5" St. Helena, 6.2" Bloomfield and 6" in Crofton. As shortwave within a long wave trough moves east out of Colorado tomorrow morning in association with a lee cyclone we'll see rain chances by afternoon and evening with slight chance in most areas of Nebraska but likely in parts of western Kansas. We will see a warmer day throughout the region with many enjoying highs back in the 50's but cooler upper 40's in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. By the weekend we'll all see a cooler day Saturday with 40's and a big increase in snow/rain chances by Saturday night with the approach of an upper-level disturbance and an arctic cold front. That front means a drop in temperatures at least through Monday with the moisture chances continuing through that time period. By Tuesday we roll back toward the 50's then high pressure settles into the region helping boost afternoon highs into the 60's for next Wednesday and Thursday.{/strong}

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.{/strong}

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.{/strong}

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.{/strong}

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. North wind 6 to 10 mph.{/strong}

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of freezing rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.{/strong}

Sunday: A slight chance of snow before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. North northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.{/strong}

Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow between 1am and 3am, then a chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.{/strong}

Monday: A slight chance of snow before 7am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 7am and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.{/strong}

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.{/strong}

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. North northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.{/strong}

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. South southeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.{/strong}

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.{/strong}

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.{/strong}

Thursday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with an east wind around 18 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.{/strong}