Bright, warm and breezy start to the week for Omaha area

METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. 1215 HERE ON YOUR MONDAY AFTERNOON, OUR LIVE LOOK FROM OUR CAMERA AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK. THIS IS WEST DODGE NEAR 95TH. THE AMERICAN FLAG THERE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH STARTING TO PICK UP. SEEING THOSE WINDS SUSTAINED UP TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR FOR A FEW SITTING AT 63 NOW OMAHA 69 LINCOLN AND 66 MARYVILLE, MISSOURI. GUSTS INCREASING UP TO ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR, ONLY GOING TO ADD NOT ONLY TO DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON THE INTERSTATE, BUT ALSO INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR TODAY. NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 P.M., POLK AND YORK COUNTY IS UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER. AND THOUGH IT’S NOT INCLUDED FOR THE LINCOLN OMAHA AREAS OR THROUGH PARTS OF WEST IOWA, WE ARE STILL SEEING THAT VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. SO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WITH ANYTHING THAT COULD CREATE A SPARK. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER. THEIR THREE-MINUTE ADVANTAGE STILL LOOKING CRYSTAL CLEAR FOR YOUR LUNCH HOUR. WE’LL SEE. MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY, WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S AND 80S 82. TODAY, LINCOLN 78 OMAHA 75 CARROLL AND 85 THIS AFTERNOON, AND BEATRICE. KEEPING SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, BUT MILD AND BREEZY. A LOW OF 56. THOSE WINDS, STILL A LITTLE GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTH INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM PREDICTOR AS WE START YOUR WORKWEEK AGAIN. ALL QUIET. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT. HERE ARE THOSE INCREASING CLOUDS FOR YOUR EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES STILL DRY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING. SUNSHINE BACK ON TAP. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A ROUGH ONE FOR DRIVERS. EASTBOUND THAT SUN GLARE KEEPING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH US THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TUESDAY. LIGHTER WINDS AND SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES AS A WHOLE UNTIL WE HEAD TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORKWEEK. ABOUT A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS LATE OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, IT’S UP TO 60% AND ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WE PUT ON A 15% CHANCE HERE FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. FOR ANY OF THOSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. SO IMPACT WEATHER FOR YOUR THURSDAY. AND THAT’S WHEN TEMPERATURES COME CRASHING DOWN FROM THE 70S INTO EVEN MID AND UPPER 80S THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK INTO THE 60S THURSDAY, UPP