Cold weather ahead for Omaha area this weekend

COMING DOWN. THE ROADS WERE MESSY AND PEOPLE WERE STILL OUT AT THAT REST. THEY WERE GOING TO GO THERE NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT FIGURE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE. I MEAN, IT’S STATE WRESTLING. SO YOU DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE COMING FROM GRAND ISLAND, SCOTTSBLUFF, NORTH PLATTE OR THE OMAHA METRO. SO YEAH, HUGE CROWD. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE ON WE GO HERE TODAY, THIS EVENING WE’VE GOT SOME SUNSHINE, BUT IT’S COLD. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY IN THE LOW 20S. I SAY THE EVENING GETS A RAIN B FACTOR OF FOUR. UNPLEASANT FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE JUST BECAUSE OF THE COLD. FORTUNATELY, THE WINDS ARE A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER NOW. THOSE SNOWFALL REPORTS SUCH A BIG DEAL. YESTERDAY, A RECORD BREAKING SNOW FOR EPPLEY AIRFIELD FOR FEBRUARY 19TH, 8.3, BUT A COUPLE SPOTS WERE HIGHER THAN KIND OF THE NORTHWEST METRO AND OMAHA BENNINGTON BOYS TOWN OUT TOWARD ELKHORN. WE HAD SOME REALLY HIGH TOTALS GRETNA WITH SEVEN VALLEY 6.2 OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE 6.2. IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, 5.1. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE AROUND THE OMAHA METRO AREA, 23 AND EIGHT. THAT’S WHAT SNOW COVER WILL DO FOR YOU. WE’VE BEEN RUNNING 20, 30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL PER DAY UNTIL NOW, AND WE’RE GOING TO BE COLD THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THAT’S SINCE MIDNIGHT. SO AT LEAST AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD, THEY’RE SAYING IT WAS A QUARTER INCH OF MOISTURE THAT WOUND UP BEING 8.3IN OF SNOW. THAT’S LIKE A 33 TO 1 RATIO, WHICH IS UNUSUAL, BUT A LOT OF SPOTS, YOU KNOW, HAD SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL FOR SURE. 23 RIGHT NOW. LIGHT WINDS. THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. THAT’S LAKE WAHOO THAT’S THE CAMERA OUT AT THE DNR SITE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE. AND IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY OR LAST WEEK THAT THE ICE CAME OUT OF THE LAKE. IT HAD BEEN FROZEN FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW. IT MIGHT FREEZE OVER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS THE TEMPERATURES ARE COLD. WE’RE BELOW FREEZING NOW. 22 FREMONT 25 IN TEKAMAH WINDS ARE LIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO BE BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT. REALLY? RIGHT ON THROUGH MONDAY. SO DON’T TRUST ANY OF THESE LAKES WITH THEIR ICE ON THEM. BUT WE MAY SEE SOME OF THAT FILL BACK UP AGAIN. QUIET ON SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR. JUST TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST. THERE IS CLOUD COVER APPROACHING. THIS IS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COMING OUT OF THE ROCKIES HERE. YOU LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OH, IS THAT GOING TO BRING US SNOW HERE IN THE METRO? WELL, THIS IS THE STORM THAT CAME THROUGH YESTERDAY. AND IT KIND OF IMPARTS A NORTHWEST FLOW HERE. SO THIS SYSTEM HAS COME OUT OF THE ROCKIES, BUT IT’S GOING TO SAG SOUTHWARD AND KEEP ITS SNOW SOUTH OF THE OMAHA AREA TONIGHT, AND ALSO INTO TOMORROW. WE’LL SEE SOME INCREASING CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW STAYS SOUTH. TOMORROW A FEW CLOUDS EARLY. A LITTLE MORE SUN IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT THIS COLD FRONT WILL KEEP THE COLD WEATHER AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BREEZY AND CHILLY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACT WEATHER TONIGHT. WATCH OUT FOR ICY SPOTS IN THAT REFREEZE. SOME CLOUDS AROUND 12 FOR THE LOW 13 AT 8 A.M., 19 AT MIDDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY, BUT COLD DAY COMING ON SATURDAY 24 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON SUNDAY WITH THE BREEZE BLOWING COLD WIND CHILLS AND THEN WITH LIGHT WINDS DOWN TO ZERO ON MONDAY MORNING. SO REAL WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND HERE AND REALLY DAILY WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR ICY PATCHES IN THE MORNING. THEN WE’LL DO SOME MELTING AS WE GET INTO THE MID AND LATE PART OF NEXT WEEK. LET’S GET TO THA