Breezy, much warmer Thursday ahead for Omaha area

GOING UP. SO PLAN TO SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. TEMPERATURES GET A BIG BOOST TODAY. IT WILL BE ON THE BREEZIER SIDE, BUT EXPECTING HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORMAL HIGHS THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE MID 30S, SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WELL ABOVE THAT INTO THE WEEKEND. WE’LL HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE 40S. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY WILL BE BACK IN THE 50S. BUT STAYING DRY FOR ANY OF YOUR WEEKEND PLANS AND THEN GET READY FOR UNSEASONABLE WARMTH, RECORD HIGHS LOOKING MORE LIKELY FOR MONDAY WITH HIGHS AT LEAST IN THE MID 60S. WE’RE TALKING TEMPERATURES 30 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. SO THIS IS FOR MONDAY RIGHT NOW FORECASTING A HIGH OF 65. IN OMAHA THE RECORD IS 63. SO A GOOD CHANCE WE COULD BREAK THE RECORD HIGH IN OMAHA. AND I THINK OMAHA HAS THE BEST SHOT BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT LINCOLN NORFOLK. EVEN THOUGH FORECASTING A HIGH OF 68 DEGREES, THAT’S THE STANDING RECORD HIGH. SO OMAHA IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. BUT REGARDLESS, GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE MORE SPRING LIKE WEATHER IN THE COMING DAYS. NOW, WITH ALL THAT WARMTH, STILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE ICE JAM FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH REALLY ALONG THE PLATTE AND ELKHORN RIVERS HERE IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, SO THAT FLOOD WATCH GOES UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW, THERE’S NO IMMINENT THREAT OF ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING, BUT JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE RIGHT AROUND THE RIVER VALLEY. SO WATCHING FOR THAT. OTHERWISE, WE’RE LOOKING AT VERY QUIET WEATHER. SOME SNOW UP IN WISCONSIN RIGHT NOW. WE STILL HAVE THE CLOUDS AROUND AND THEY’LL BE HERE INTO THE MORNING, BUT EXPECTING TO SEE MORE SUNSHINE AS THE DAY GOES ON. HERE’S A LOOK OVER THE RIVERFRONT. NOW YOU CAN SEE THE FLAG BLOWING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SOUTH BREEZE WITH THE CLOUDS, SO TEMPERATURES LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AT 29, BUT YOU KNOW, A BREEZE IN THE MORNING. THAT’S GOING TO ADD A CHILL FACTOR. FEELS LIKE 20 AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE HERE AS WE APPROACH 5:00. SO TEMPERATURE WISE AGAIN FOR A FEBRUARY MORNING UPPER 20S AROUND 30. WE’LL TAKE THAT. BUT STILL FEELING MORE LIKE THE TEENS AND LOW 20S FOR MOST AS WE’VE GOT MORE OF THAT SOUTH BREEZE 5 TO 15MPH. NOW THE WIND WILL TURN MORE WEST AND NORTHWESTERLY INTO THE AFTERNOON AS WE GET A SURGE OF MILD PACIFIC AIR, BUT AGAIN, A BIT BREEZY WITH THOSE GUSTS 20 TO 30MPH POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON. BUT YES, IT WILL BE BREEZY, BUT IT WILL BE QUITE WARM. SO ON THE 12 HOUR FORECAST STILL UP FOR THE HEAVIER JACKET THIS MORNING, BUT MAYBE SWITCH TO WINDBREAKER THIS AFTERNOON AS YOU SEE TEMPERATURES MID 40S BY 11:00. LOW TO MID 50S. MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SO EXPECTING A HIGH OF 56 TODAY IN OMAHA. AND THEN FLIRTING WITH THE 60S OUT WEST NORFOLK DOWN THROUGH LINCOLN, COLUMBUS AND YORK. SO QUITE THE WARM UP ON THE WAY FOR THURSDAY. HERE’S STORM PREDICTOR 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. SO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE, THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH. NOW A FRONT’S GOING TO COME THROUGH BY TOMORROW MORNING. CLOUDS WILL MOVE BACK IN. YOU LOOK AT THIS. STARTING OFF FRIDAY, UPPER 30S, AROUND 40. UNBELIEVABLY MILD START TO THE DAY. BUT TEMPERATURES REALLY AREN’T GOING TO MOVE A WHOLE LOT WITH THE CLOUD COVER AND MORE OF A NORTH BREEZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO EXPECTING THOSE HIGHS ONLY TO GET UP INTO THE MID 40S ON FRIDAY. SO A BIT COOLER STILL. COOL BREEZY ON SATURDAY AND THEN SUNDAY MID 50S AGAIN. THERE’S THE POSSIBILITY OF RECORD WARMTH ON MONDAY. THAT’