KIMBALL, Neb. – Weather conditions were seasonally warm and somewhat breezy across the tri-state region over the last week.

Scattered harvest operations continued near Kimball, though for the most part harvest has finished for the year, excepting sunflowers and some dryland corn.
There was only a small bit of scattered precipitation across the region, and warmth, sunshine and breeziness caused soil moisture levels to decrease somewhat.
Cattle continue to find good winter grazing on well managed pastures and rangeland.

Regional Forecast and Conditions
As of Monday morning (Nov. 20), the temperature at sunrise was 46 degrees under partly cloudy skies. There was a stiff westerly breeze gusting to 30 mph. The day was expected to continue clearing, with considerable wind and temperatures climbing into the mid-60’s.
The forecast through the weekend calls for mostly sunny skies and some continued daytime breeziness. Daytime highs are expected to range in the mid-50’s. Little if any widespread precipitation is anticipated. Overnight lows are expected to fall into the upper-20’s throughout the weekend.
Monday-Wednesday conditions are expected to remain mild, with daytime highs ranging in the mid-50’s under mostly sunny skies. Overnight lows are forecast to fall into the 20’s. There is little chance of precipitation in the forecast through Wednesday.
Daytime air temperatures warmed across the region last week. At Kimball the Nov. 14-20 daytime high averaged 58 degrees, About 7 degrees warmer than the previous week. The weekly high temperature was 73 degrees on Nov. 16. Overnight lows warmed as well, averaging 26.0 degrees, over 2 degrees warmer than the previous week. The weekly low temperature was 20 degrees on Nov. 19. The weekly mean temperature was 42 degrees, about 4.5 degrees warmer than the previous week, and nearly 6 degrees warmer than the November average of 36.1 degrees. The long term average high and low temperatures at Kimball for November are 50.1 and 21.9 degrees, respectively.
Seven of 13 Panhandle stations reported precipitation over the Nov. 14-20 period, with liquid moisture totals ranging from a trace to 0.01 inches at agate, Alliance and Harrisburg to 0.06 inches at Kimball and Chadron Municipal. Six stations reported zero precipitation. No stations reported snow. Panhandle precipitation averaged 0.02 inches, compared to 0.13 inches last week, and Panhandle snowfall averaged 0.00 inches, compared to 0.98 inches last week.
With the exception of Alliance, which cooled slightly, Panhandle soil temperatures warmed slightly over the Nov. 14-20 period: (this week/last week/change): Alliance 39.5/40.9 (-1.4) degrees; Gordon 39.8/37.1 (+2.7) degrees; Mitchell 42.5/40.3 (+2.2) degrees; Scottsbluff 42.5/39.0 (+3.5); and Sidney 39.9/36.8 (+3.1) degrees.
Winds near Kimball averaged westerly and occasionally breezy over the Nov. 14-20 period. Gusts for the week averaged 28.57 mph. High gust for the week was 39 mph on Nov. 18.

Nov. 24 Weather Almanac
Here’s an overview of Nov. 24 temperature and precipitation highs, lows and averages over the preceding 123 years at Kimball. Data is taken from the High Plains Regional Climate Center (www.hprcc.unl.edu), where you can easily find and track data for your own particular location.
Last year (Nov. 24, 2016): Daily high temperature 47 degrees, overnight low 20 degrees, average temperature 33.5 degrees. Precipitation 0.00 inches, snowfall zero inches, snow depth zero inches.
The warmest Nov. 24 on record was 67 degrees in 1942. The coolest Nov. 24 high temperature was 13 degrees in 1993. The coldest Nov. 24 overnight low was -4 degrees in 1993. The warmest Nov. 24 overnight low was 35 degrees in 1942. Over the years since 1893 the high temperature on Nov. 24 has averaged 44 degrees, the overnight low 19.0 degrees, the daily average 31.2 degrees, precipitation has averaged 0.02 inches, snowfall 0.2 inches, snow depth zero inches.
The highest Nov. 24 precipitation total was 0.20 inches liquid equivalent in 1895. The greatest snowfall was 2 inches in 1993. Greatest snow depth was 15.0 inches in 1979.
Snow has fallen on Nov. 24 at Kimball 14 times over the last 123 years, with quantities ranging from a trace to 2 inches.

U.S. Drought Monitor
The High Plains: Cold weather, accompanied by little or no precipitation, kept dryness and drought unchanged across the Dakotas and Montana, with extreme drought persisting in portions of western South Dakota and northeastern Montana.
West: Dryness continued to slowly improve east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon, eliminating D1 in north-central Washington and restricting D0 to areas recording less than 1.5 inches of precipitation during the past 30 days.
Farther south, no measurable precipitation has fallen for at least the last 30 days on the central and western Four Corners States, Nevada, and the southeastern half of California. This is not unusual here in late autumn, and while notable impacts are lacking, increasingly impressive dryness over the past few months induced some D0 expansion in southeastern Monterey County, California and in the drier areas of southwestern Utah, southeastern Nevada, and part of southeastern California.
National Summary: It was a dry week for the Nation as a whole. Widespread heavy precipitation was restricted to the central and northern West Coast from the Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada westward. A few patches near the coast recorded 6 to 12 inches of precipitation.
Across the remainder of the contiguous states, only a few small areas reported over 1.5 inches, with most locations observing little or none. As a result, short-term dryness continued to develop and expand across the south-central and southeastern U.S. as 30- to 90-day precipitation deficits continued to steadily increase, overcoming the wet weather that had squelched dryness impacts in much of these regions several
months ago.
For more information on the U.S. Drought Monitor visit: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu

U.S. Conditions and Weather Report
Due to the Thanksgiving print schedule, this report was not available at
press time.

Due to the Thanksgiving print schedule, this report was not available at
press time.

Due to the Thanksgiving print schedule, this report was not available at
press time.

Due to the Thanksgiving print schedule, this report was not available at
press time.