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Great stretch of weather ahead for Omaha the rest of the week

Great stretch of weather ahead for Omaha

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Great stretch of weather ahead for Omaha

Great stretch of weather ahead for Omaha

BY LUNCHTIME IT WAS SO NICE. AND THEN JUST DELIGHTFUL THIS AFTERNOON. AND MORE OF THAT APPEARS TO BE ON THE WAY HERE FOR TOMORROW. RANDY FACTOR. TIME FOR THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WELL, I THINK IT MAY WIND UP BEING ONE OF THE TOP TEN DAYS OF THE YEAR. WE NEVER FORECAST THAT IN ADVANCE. THAT’S SOME BAD LUCK. IT’S POOR FORM. IT’S BAD FORECASTING. I DON’T KNOW. I MEAN IT’S JUST EVERYTHING HAS TO GO RIGHT TO GET A TOP TEN DAY. BUT WE’RE GIVING IT A RANDBY FACTOR OF NINE. IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER GREAT DAY TO BE OUTSIDE. AND IF THE WINDS STAY UNDER TEN MILES AN HOUR, IF WE HAVE A HIGH IN THE 70S, IF WE GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE, THEN IT WILL BE A TOP TEN DAY. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WARMER THAN AVERAGE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE END OF THE MONTH HERE. AND WE’RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO DRIER THAN AVERAGE. SO LOOKS LIKE THE PATTERN THAT THE COLD WEATHER THAT ENDED THIS PAST WEEKEND APPEARS TO BE SETTLING INTO A WARMER ONE TO END THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND MAYBE MARCH WILL BE OUT LIKE A LAMB. I THINK WE CALLED IT IN LIKE A LION AS WE HAD SORT OF STORMY WEATHER TO BEGIN THE MONTH 77 TODAY. THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE A TOP TEN DAY WHEN WE HAVE A HIGH OF 77. THAT’S OUR FAVORITE TEMPERATURE HERE, CHANNEL SEVEN, BECAUSE IT’S TWO SEVEN. AND FOR CHANNEL SEVEN, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BTV TONIGHT, JULIE SAYS WE GET IT. ALL RIGHT. NO RAINFALL TODAY. THAT’S OUR CAMERA AT THE EMBASSY SUITES LA VISTA AT 62 DEGREES. WINDS ARE LIGHT TWO POINT IS 39. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY 61 IN MILFORD, 64 IN BLAIR INTO THE 50S. NOW IN IOWA, 46 IN CARROLL. BUT UNDER THE CLOUD. STILL 72 HERE IN YORK AND 62 IN LINCOLN. LOOK AT THE LIGHT WINDS ALL ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA. SO THE RADARS ARE SHOWING PRECIPITATION OUT AROUND COLUMBUS AND YORK. BUT WE KNOW THE AIR IS DRY, SO WE KNOW IT’S NOT REACHING THE GROUND. STILL, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MID-LEVEL CLOUD COVER AROUND EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA TONIGHT. FOR NOW, SEE THIS LITTLE PATCH OF CLOUDS THAT FORMED? IT’S GOING TO MOVE OUT. WE’LL SEE CLEARING SKIES LATER ON. A TINY LITTLE DISTURBANCE SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD. WE MAY GET A LITTLE LIGHT NORTH BREEZE SO IT’S POSSIBLE TEMPERATURES COULD BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER TOMORROW THAN THEY WERE TODAY. BUT WE LOOK FOR SUNSHINE TONIGHT. I’M FORECASTING A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 41. MOSTLY CLOUDY AT THE MOMENT, BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY, THEN CLEAR LATE AND WITH LIGHT WINDS. THAT LETS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF. GREAT LOOKING DAY TOMORROW UP INTO THE MID 70S IN THE AFTERNOON. MAYBE ONE OF THE TOP TEN DAYS OF THE YEAR. THAT WOULD BE OUR THIRD SO FAR THIS YEAR. I KNOW JULIE IS GOING TO BE KEEPING TRACK AND I’VE GOT SOME VIEWERS EMAILING IN THAT THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, ONLY EIGHT TOP TEN DAYS THAT FIT THE CRITERIA, VERY STRINGENT CRITERIA. WE ARE. TASKMASTERS HERE WITH THAT. LOOK AT THAT 82 AND 89 POSSIBLE RECORD HIGHS THERE. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

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Omaha, US
11:08 pm, Mar 18, 2026
temperature icon 61°F
overcast clouds
53 %
1013 mb
5 mph
Wind Gust 5 mph
Clouds 98%
Visibility 6 mi
Sunrise 7:30 am
Sunset 7:33 pm

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