AWUS83 KGID 251713 RWSGID KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-252330- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1113 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009 THE WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT SWEPT THROUGH NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT WAS BEING REPLACED BY A COLD AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WERE FAIRLY COMMON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST SECTIONS OF NEBRASKA BY LATE MORNING. REGIONAL TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 29 DEGREES AT ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...TO 48 DEGREES AT COFFEYVILLE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL PROVIDE MUCH OF OUR REGION WITH A MOSTLY SUNNY...COOL AND WINDY AFTERNOON TODAY...AND A MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD THANKSGIVING EVE. THE THANKSGIVING FORECAST SHAKES OUT TO BE A FAVORABLE ONE AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS BRINGING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE HIGH PLAINS AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...AND MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY WEATHER FOR NEBRASKA AND THE SURROUNDING SIX STATE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. LOOK FOR TODAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE 40S...WITH WARMER HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF KANSAS. THANKSGIVING MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S...WHILE AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGE FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS...TO COOLER MIDDLE TO UPPER 40 DEGREE READINGS ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRDS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. $$ LEW