Dry, windy and warm Thursday afternoon for Omaha area

FROM OUR CAMERA OUT AT EMBASSY SUITES DOWNTOWN. SEE THAT AMERICAN FLAG WHIPPING THESE TREES, BENDING SLIGHTLY AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE IN THE SKY, BUT AIR QUALITY STILL GOOD HERE AT 12, 15, 78 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. OMAHA WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AT NEARLY 30 MILES AN HOUR OUT OF THE SOUTH, 31 MILE AN HOUR WINDS SUSTAINED AT A LINCOLN 77 AND 77 MARYVILLE. BUT AS HOUR GUSTS BETWEEN NOW 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR, INCLUDING IN OMAHA, THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO BE OUR HEADACHE HERE TODAY, WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT WINDY, BUT ALSO DRY. AS MENTIONED, RELATIVE HUMIDITY NOW DOWN TO ABOUT THE TEENS AND MID 20 PERCENTILES. VERY DRY OUT THERE. SO A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT MADISON STANTON CUMING COUNTIES NOW UNTIL 7:00. AVOID ANYTHING THAT COULD CREATE A SPARK. ANYTHING GOING TO HATCH QUICKLY SPREAD EVEN FASTER. BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. MY DUAL POLL SUPER DOPPLER FOR US HERE AS WE HEAD OUT TO LUNCH. STILL DRY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA. WE DID HAVE THAT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM EARLIER. PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR MANY HERE AT THE MOMENT, AND A FEW STORMS OFF TO THE NORTH INTO THE SIOUXLAND HERE TODAY, WE’LL HAVE AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT MANY OF US LOOKING DRIER. 82 TODAY OMAHA TEKAMAH 83. LINCOLN AND 80 SHENANDOAH. LET’S GET INTO STORM PREDICTOR HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT YOUR AFTERNOON, THERE’S THAT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED POP-UP STORMS. MANY OF US, AS MENTIONED, STILL LOOKING PRETTY DRY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. FEW STORMS COULD CLIP OUR SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT TO WRITE HOME ABOUT. WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS INTO YOUR AFTERNOON CHANCES. AFTER ABOUT 4 OR 5 P.M. FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR YOUR FRIDAY. THOSE CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY. THAT’S 10 P.M. INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING, MOVING OUT AFTER ABOUT 1:00. YOUR FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF 80. WE HAVE A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. GUSTS POSSIBLE UP TO 65 MILES AN HOUR. AND THAT SEVERE THREAT ONLY CONTINUES TO CREEP FURTHER NORTH FOR YOUR SATURDAY. SUNDAY, WE’RE SEEING THAT 15 TO 30% CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS. AND ALL OF US NOW UNDER THAT 30% CHANCE FOR STRONG, SEVERE STORMS ON YOUR MONDAY, DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF A COLD FRONT SEVEN DAY FORECAST NOW LOOKING A BIT BUSIER. 82 YOUR HIGH TODAY. WINDY 91 TOMORROW. IMPACT WEATHER DAY AND SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS FOR THAT POTENTIAL STRONG TO SEVER