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Cool but not cold around Omaha into Saturday

Cool but not cold around Omaha

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Cool but not cold around Omaha

Cool but not cold around Omaha

TUNES IN FOR THAT AS WELL. AND YOU’RE A HUGE CHAMPION OF CPR. SAVES LIVES. SUPER IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WELL, THIS AFTERNOON WE’VE SEEN KIND OF CHILLY WEATHER, BUT IT’S STILL WAY ABOVE AVERAGE. AND NOW WE’VE GOT SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE. IT’S RANDY FACTOR TIME. IF YOU’VE GOT PLANS TO BE OUT THIS EVENING, WELL, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A DECENT WINTER JACKET. IT’S A RANDBY FACTOR FIVE TOLERABLE FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. IT’S NOT GREAT, BUT IT’S CERTAINLY NOT PARTICULARLY WINTER LIKE. WE DO STILL HAVE THIS FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LOT OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. REALLY. IT’S JUST IF YOU’RE RIGHT ALONG THE PLATTE, THE ELKHORN OR THE LOUP RIVER OUT HERE IN PLATTE COUNTY, THERE IS AN ICE JAM RISK. JUST BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO BE WARM AND MAYBE SOME ICE WILL GET DISLODGED AND JAM UP SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE RIVERS. I MEAN, 99% OF US, IT’S NOT A FACTOR. BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LIVE ALONG THOSE RIVERS, IT’S A HUGE THING. SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION IF THAT COVERS YOU. 51 AND 35. THIS WAS A BIG COOLDOWN FROM YESTERDAY AND IT’S STILL 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. WOW, WHAT A CRAZY TURN OF EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME REAL COLD THIS WINTER AND SOME REAL WARM AND TODAY NO PRECIPITATION. YOU SEE THE MISSOURI RIVER, THERE’S NO ICE JAM RISK THERE BECAUSE THERE’S NO ICE IN THE RIVER AT ALL. IT’S COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT’S 50 IN OMAHA, 48 MILFORD 49 IN BLAIR. AND WE DO SEE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 40S FOR WESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA, EXCEPT WHERE THE CLOUDS KIND OF HUNG ON IN COLUMBUS AND NORFOLK SEE THE NORTH BREEZE THAT WAS STRONGER EARLIER, BUT IT STILL FEELS PRETTY CHILLY. WE’VE GOT A QUIET DEUEL POLL SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR. WE DON’T HAVE ANY CLOUDS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. YES, WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER THERE. PART OF THAT FRONT THAT DROPPED IN THIS MORNING, BUT THEN THE CLOUDS JUST WASHED OUT, WHICH IN A NORMAL WINTER, IF WE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND, WE’D BE STUCK WITH LOW CLOUDS ALL DAY. BUT THEY’RE GONE. WE’LL SEE. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR TONIGHT. TOMORROW PARTLY SUNNY. WE’LL GET SOME OF THOSE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THAT KIND OF COME OFF THE PACIFIC AND UP AND OVER THE ROCKIES, BUT NOT BAD. ALTHOUGH KIND OF WINDY TOMORROW NIGHT. STILL MOSTLY CLEAR. AND THEN SUNDAY WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GET STUCK WITH A FEW LOW CLOUDS, BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THAT’S FARTHER EAST INTO IOWA. AND SO IF WE HAVE THE GOOD AMOUNT OF SUN AND A LITTLE BIT OF A WEST BREEZE, IT’S ONWARD AND UPWARD FOR THE TEMPERATURES. 23 TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, CHILLY, BUT NOT EVEN AVERAGE COLD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. 24 AT 8 A.M., 47 BY 4:00. TOMORROW’S TEMPERATURES MAYBE JUST A SMIDGE BELOW TODAY. STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. TURNS MUCH MILDER ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND LOOK AT MONDAY 67 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, THE RECORD HIGH OF 63. SO THAT WOULDN’T BREAK IT. THAT WOULD SHATTER THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE. AND DOES COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK. A FEW MORE CLOUDS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BUT NOTHING DRAMATIC, AS IF YOU’RE GOING TO GET THAT CLOSE TO BREAKING THE RECORD. YOU SHOULD. SHATTERING. YEAH.

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Cool but not cold around Omaha for tonight into Saturday. Mild to warm weather returns for Sunday and Monday.With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.

Cool but not cold around Omaha for tonight into Saturday. Mild to warm weather returns for Sunday and Monday.

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With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.

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Omaha, US
12:54 am, Mar 20, 2026
temperature icon 61°F
scattered clouds
47 %
1012 mb
8 mph
Wind Gust 16 mph
Clouds 50%
Visibility 6 mi
Sunrise 7:27 am
Sunset 7:35 pm

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