Bright, mild and breezy Thursday afternoon for Omaha area

RIGHT NOW OUT TO LUNCH. WE HAVE THOSE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT BRIGHT SUNSHINE, GREEN GRASS AND TREES, HIGH POLLEN OUT AT THE HENRY DOORLY ZOO, DESERT DOME AND PACKED THERE TODAY. A LITTLE BIT BREEZY THOUGH, AS WE HEAD OUT TO LUNCH, SEEING OUR SUSTAINED WINDS IN LINCOLN, ESPECIALLY UP TO 22 MILES AN HOUR, 69 DEGREES LINCOLN 65 MARYVILLE, BUT BREEZY, 65 HERE FOR OMAHA. WITH THOSE GUSTS RIGHT NOW STILL GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UP TO ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR SOUTH OF I 80, WHERE WE’RE SEEING THOSE GUSTY WINDS, LIGHT DEUEL SUPER DOPPLER FOR US WITH OUR THREE-MINUTE ADVANTAGE, EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI, ALL STILL LOOKING CLEAR AND QUIET THOUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE FOR YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN AVERAGE ARE TYPICALLY AT 71 GETTING UP TO 73 TODAY. OMAHA SHENANDOAH 76 FALLS CITY BEATRICE AT 68. HERE TODAY IN CARROLL COUNTY. FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE INCREASING CLOUDS. NOW THE AIR ABOVE US STILL QUITE DRY. WE’LL HAVE A 20% CHANCE FOR A COUPLE ISOLATED SHOWERS. NOT LOOKING LIKE MUCH MOISTURE THERE. LOW OF 47 WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SO LET’S PLAN THIS OUT WITH STORM PREDICTOR. HERE’S OUR AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. STILL LOOKING GOOD FOR YOUR DRIVE HOME IN THOSE WINDS. STARTING TO LIGHTEN UP A BIT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THERE’S OUR INCREASING CLOUDS AND OUR SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A COUPLE SHOWERS. AGAIN, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO WRITE HOME ABOUT. COULD SEE A STRAY SPRINKLES FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE. WE’LL KEEP A CHANCE OF SOME. I’D SAY THIS WANTING TO BRING IN THAT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS FURTHER SOUTH, WE ARE AGAIN STILL VERY DRY NEAR THE SURFACE. WE’LL KEEP THAT AROUND 20% FOR OUR SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES. MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR YOUR FRIDAY. HOWEVER, HEADING ON INTO THE WEEKEND, SEEING A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER ON SATURDAY, BUT FORECAST MODELS NOW TRENDING THAT LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH. AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO IMPACT WEATHER HERE FOR OMAHA AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NOT LOOKING TOO SHABBY. 77 YOUR HIGH TOMORROW. PARTLY CLOUDY AGAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON. 20% CHANCE OF THOSE SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UP TO ABOUT 30% FOR OUR SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES BY SUNDAY.