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Recreation Forecasts available for:
  • Lake McConaughy
  • Calamus Reservoir
  • Sutherland Reservoir
  • Lake Maloney
  • Enders Reservoir
  • Merritt Reservoir
  • Red Willow Reservoir
  • Medicine Creek Reservoir
  • Jeffrey Reservoir

 

Current Lake Forecasts in Western and North Central Nebraska

 


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Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service North Platte NE
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

NEZ057-212200-
Lake McConaughy-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR LAKE MCCONAUGHY...

...CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SUNDAY...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 4 to 10 mph. Sunny. Highs around 59.
Waters a light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 4 to 6 mph increasing to west 6 to
12 mph after midnight. Mostly clear. Lows around 29. Waters
smooth to a light chop becoming a light chop after midnight.
.SUNDAY...West winds 8 to 18 mph increasing to northwest 12 to
22 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 61. Waters choppy.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 4 to 10 mph decreasing to 4 to
6 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 29. Waters a light chop becoming
smooth to a light chop after midnight.

$$

NEZ027-038-212200-
Calamus Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR CALAMUS RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...South winds 8 to 10 mph. Sunny. Highs around 45. Waters
a light chop.
.TONIGHT...South winds 6 to 10 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around 22.
Waters a light chop.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph increasing to west 12 to
16 mph in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Highs around 55. Waters a
light chop becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph decreasing to 6 to
8 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Lows around 25. Waters a light chop becoming smooth to a light
chop after midnight.

$$

XXZ059-212200-
Sutherland Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 4 to 8 mph. Sunny. Highs around 56.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around
25. Waters smooth to a light chop.
.SUNDAY...West winds 8 to 14 mph increasing to northwest 12 to
18 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 62. Waters a
moderate chop becoming choppy in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 4 to 10 mph shifting to the west
4 to 6 mph after midnight. Partly cloudy. Lows around 26. Waters
a light chop becoming smooth to a light chop after midnight.

$$

XXZ059-212200-
Lake Maloney-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR LAKE MALONEY...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Sunny. Highs around 55.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...South winds 8 to 10 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around 25.
Waters a light chop.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 14 mph shifting to the northwest 12 to
18 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 63. Waters a
moderate chop becoming choppy in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy. Lows
around 27. Waters a light chop.

$$

XXZ069-212200-
Enders Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR ENDERS RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...Southwest winds around 6 mph. Sunny. Highs around 59.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around
23. Waters smooth to a light chop.
.SUNDAY...West winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to
14 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 66. Waters a light
chop becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 2 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
around 4 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 26.
Waters smooth to a light chop becoming smooth after midnight.

$$

NEZ094-005-024-212200-
Merritt Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR MERRITT RESERVOIR...

...CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR WIND AND WAVES SUNDAY...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 4 to 8 mph. Sunny. Highs around 57.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around
28. Waters a light chop.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Mostly sunny. Highs
around 59. Waters choppy.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 6 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy. Lows
around 25. Waters a light chop.

$$

XXZ071-212200-
Red Willow Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR RED WILLOW RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Sunny. Highs around 54.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...South winds 6 to 8 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around 22.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.SUNDAY...West winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to northwest 12 to
16 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 66. Waters a light
chop becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 4 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest
4 to 6 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 27. Waters
a light chop becoming smooth to a light chop after midnight.

$$

XXZ071-212200-
Medicine Creek Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...South winds 4 to 6 mph. Sunny. Highs around 50. Waters
smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...South winds 6 to 8 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around 20.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 4 to 8 mph increasing to northwest 8 to
12 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 64. Waters smooth to
a light chop becoming a light chop in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 4 to 10 mph decreasing to 4 to
6 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 26. Waters a
light chop becoming smooth to a light chop after midnight.

$$

XXZ059-212200-
Jeffrey Reservoir-
558 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024

...THE FORECAST FOR JEFFREY RESERVOIR...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Sunny. Highs around 54.
Waters smooth to a light chop.
.TONIGHT...South winds 6 to 10 mph. Mostly clear. Lows around 23.
Waters a light chop.
.SUNDAY...West winds 6 to 12 mph increasing to northwest 12 to
16 mph in the afternoon. Sunny. Highs around 64. Waters a light
chop becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 4 to 10 mph decreasing to 4 to
6 mph after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 27. Waters a
light chop becoming smooth to a light chop after midnight.

$$

&&

Note: Wind and wave action are for ice free areas in winter.