Cooler Friday for Omaha area, possible weekend snow

INTEREST RATES. REPORTING IN NEW YORK, I’M ALI JASINSKI. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE FOR YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, STARTING WITH OUR LIVE LOOK FROM 72ND AND CROWN POINT LOOKING OUT TOWARD THE CITY. EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE OUT THERE HAS BEEN WITH US ALL MORNING. SUE TO OUR FIRES BURNING OUT WEST INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. BUT OUR AIR QUALITY REMAINS GOOD. 40 RIGHT NOW OMAHA FEELING LIKE 33. NORFOLK CLOUDY, 38, FEELING LIKE 34 AND MARYVILLE 47. FEELING LIKE 41. STILL EXPECTING COOLER TEMPERATURES HERE FOR YOUR AFTERNOON, BUT CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE MARK FOR NOW. MID MARCH. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE EVEN SHOWING A BIT OF SUNSHINE SOUTH OF I 80. HERE ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE, NORTH OF I-80, ON THE IOWA SIDE, AND COULD BE GETTING A FEW STRAY FLURRIES INTO SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY THAT AREN’T GOING TO AMOUNT TO MUCH. HIGHS TODAY INTO THE 40S AND LOWER 50S 50 OMAHA 49 TODAY AND TEKAMAH 56. FALLS CITY AND 50 THIS AFTERNOON IN COLUMBUS NOW. STORM PREDICTOR. WE’VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT A NEW UPDATES. BRAND NEW HERE AT NOON HEADING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. WE’LL GET THOSE CLOUDS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE SOUTH OF I-80 FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. PLANS. WE’LL JUST SEE INCREASING CLOUDS BUT WINDS STILL LOOKING FAIRLY LIGHT BY TOMORROW MORNING. LOWS DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S. BEGINNING YOUR SATURDAY OFF ON THE CHILLY SIDE, FOUR CLOUDS INCREASE. WINDS PICK UP FOR YOUR SATURDAY DURING THE DAY. STILL LOOKING PRETTY DRY. AND HERE’S WHERE FORECAST MODELS AREN’T IN TOTAL AGREEMENT OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY, WE’RE WATCHING THE CHANCE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW. WE ARE EXPECTING GUSTS POSSIBLE UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. OUR GFS FORECAST MODEL BRINGING ABOUT 1 TO 3IN OF SNOW HERE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, WHILE OTHERS ARE KEEPING US PRETTY DRY NOW REGARDLESS, ADDING 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS TO ANY AMOUNT OF SNOW COULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BRAND NEW AT NOON, A WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR AREAS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, PRIMARILY NORTH OF I-80, INCLUDING THE OMAHA METRO. 1 TO 3IN POSSIBLE AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AND NEARLY AREA WIDE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THOSE 60 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS. WE COULD SEE NOT ONLY THOSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, BUT EVEN POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. SO IMPACT WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR WEEKEND. SUNDAY. NOT A DAY YOU’LL WANT TO BE OUTSIDE. TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. GETTING THAT CHANCE OF SNOW AGAIN. NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR TOO MUCH SNOW. BUT IT’S THE FALLING BLOWING SNOW WHICH COULD MAKE DANGEROUS TRAVEL BY MONDAY MORNING. IMPACT WEATHER BAC