Little Blue River near Deweese, Nebr.06883000
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/1,631 ft/68 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Nelson, Nebraska
City in Nuckolls County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
42°
53°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Nelson until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nelson is 42° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
42feels35
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5338
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6738
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6945
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7546
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7857
20%
42°
53°38°
60°30°
67°38°
69°45°
75°46°
79°54°
78°57°
As of 12:00 AM in Nelson, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Nelson
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 66 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nelson
1.30 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.30in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nelson, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Nelson, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nelson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank151of 681
Clay Center HWY 14 & HWY 74NE049
Beside a road/15.3 mi away/1,757 ft/58 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
HebronHJH
At an airfield/25.6 mi away/1,458 ft/241 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW5481DW5481
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.9 mi away/1,916 ft/217 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
NelsonNELN1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,713 ft/14 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Superior 0.2 SWNE-NK-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.5 mi away/1,599 ft/100 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nelson
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.