AWUS83 KGID 292148 RWSGID KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 301000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 448 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 IT WAS FITTING WEATHER FOR A FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...WITH NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE AND FAIRLY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS IN MOST AREAS. EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS...BUT THESE HAD SINCE DRIFTED SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA. LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID OR UPPER 80S ACROSS MOST ALL OF THE REGION. BREEZES ACROSS KANSAS WERE GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST...WHILE THOSE IN NEBRASKA WERE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. PLEASANT CONDITIONS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WONT BE QUITE AS COOL AS LAST NIGHT...WITH NEBRASKA LOWS SETTLING INTO THE MID OR UPPER 50S...AND KANSAS LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. TOMORROW WILL BE BREEZIER AND A TOUCH WARMER ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS RESULTS IN INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...THAT WILL LIKELY GUST TO AT LEAST 30 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN HALVES OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 80S IN MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...WITH 90S LIKELY IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE ONLY PARTS OF THE REGION UNDER ANY RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS. ON SUNDAY...WARM AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...ALTHOUGH SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LIKELY IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. $$ PFANNKUCH