Rain is spreading across Nebraska and South Dakota on Monday, with the first snowflakes of the season in the northwest Sandhills and Panhandle.
NWS Sioux Falls, NWS North Platte and NWS Hastings issued Hazardous Weather Outlooks Monday afternoon.
No severe weather is expected this week, but forecasters are watching a possible higher-impact system this weekend.
Western and North Central Nebraska
NWS North Platte: scattered to widespread rain expands across western and central Nebraska today.
Light snow and a rain/snow mix is expected across the western Sandhills into the Panhandle, continuing into early afternoon.
Brief moderate intensity could cause localized visibility restrictions, with less than half an inch of accumulation.
Tuesday to Thursday: a few dry days follow.
Friday into the weekend: scattered showers with a few thunderstorms become possible, with a low severe weather threat.
NWS North Platte earlier gave west-central and north-central Nebraska an 80 to 95 percent chance of at least 1 inch of rain through Monday evening.
South Dakota, Northwest Iowa and Southwest Minnesota
NWS Sioux Falls: light, periodic showers continue through this evening.
Rain exits the area by Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning: fog may form along river valleys and low areas, with a 20 to 30 percent chance of visibility briefly falling to 2 miles or less.
The fog should burn off by mid-morning.
Wednesday: additional chances for light rain return.
This weekend: a higher-impact system could move through, and accumulating rainfall is possible.
Details are highly uncertain at this time.
Rainfall totals of 1.5 to 2 inches were possible west of the James River.
South Central Nebraska and North Central Kansas
NWS Hastings: a few rumbles of thunder are possible through late afternoon, but severe weather is not expected.
Late Thursday night through Friday night: a few weak thunderstorms are possible, and severe weather is not anticipated.
Fog, localized and dense, could cut visibility to about a quarter mile in the western part of the area before a weak cold front scours it out.
Grand Island set a daily rainfall record of 0.68 inch on Sunday.
Spotters and Product Changes
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
NWS Sioux Falls will discontinue the Hazardous Weather Outlook on Nov. 8, 2026.
Hazards and outlooks will continue through weather briefing packets, forecast discussions, weather story graphics, the graphical hazardous weather outlook and updated hazard messaging.
Local forecasts and alerts: NWS Sioux Falls, NWS North Platte and NWS Hastings.
