AWUS83 KOAX 281419 RWSNE IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-282100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 916 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 WINDY AND WARMER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BEGINS TAKING SHAPE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WESTERN PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY...AS A LITTLE BETTER MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE 70S OVER MOST OF THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD VARY FROM 80S FROM FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN KANSAS...TO THE MID 60S FROM NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 30S IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...TO UPPER 50S FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. && VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF HIGH CLOUDINESS COVERED EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURE READINGS AROUND THE AREA BY 9 AM CDT WERE IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE FROM THE MID 30S TO MID 40S...WITH EXTREMES RANGING FROM 34 DEGREES AT CLARINDA AND HARLAN IOWA AND 36 DEGREES AT OFFUTT AFB...UP TO 45 DEGREES AT COLUMBUS AND NORFOLK AND 46 DEGREES AT VALLEY NWS. WINDS THIS MORNING WERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST...WITH SPEEDS FROM 5 TO 10 MPH IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...UP TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW STRONGER GUSTS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. $$ CHERMOK/KLEMM