Been watching the NAM for a couple days now and seriously Friday and Saturday are both looking good. Since this thread is about Friday, I'll touch upon what I like.
1. Anvil level winds seem to be (at least in Nebraska, which is where I'm targeting) somewhat offset by storm motion which should lead to less HP, even with somewhat lower flow.
2. NAM advertises 3000-3500 CAPE from North Platte to McCook tomorrow, which I don't know if we'll see that high, but 2000-3000 seems reasonable. That should be enough
3. Moisture seems pretty reasonable and deep, and should have no problem with northward transport today and tomorrow.
4. Deepening low throughout the day
Negatives
1. Very little to no EML. Early show, perhaps a lot of convection with forcing
2. Show may end up being further west than I think and earlier.
With that said, I like Northeast Colorado/Western Nebraska earlier in the day, as early as noon. Then I want to drop back southeast to North Platte and south into Northern Kansas near Colby as the atmosphere heats up and destabilizes. Obviously things change if the WF doesn't race as far north as fast as it looks like or if we have a lot of morning convection up there.