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Heavier snow forecast around Omaha
Heavier snow forecast around Omaha
AND THAT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE CASE. SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOW HAS AGREED WITH THAT. AND THEY HAVE PUT THE METRO IN A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE DAY TOMORROW. RANDBY FACTOR TIME. GOT TO BE IN WORK OUTSIDE. WELL, NOT TOO BAD IN THE MORNING, BUT THE DAY OVERALL GETS A THREE. GOING TO BE NASTY FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE THE AFTERNOON, EVENING EVENING RUSH HOUR COULD BE A MESS. REAL SLUSHY. OUR WINTER STORM WARNING RIGHT THROUGH THE METRO. NOON TOMORROW THROUGH 6 A.M. FRIDAY. COMPUTER MODELS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND IS GOING TO BE VERY NARROW, BUT MAY WELL BE RIGHT OVER THE OMAHA METRO, WITH A VERY SHARP CUTOFF TO THE SOUTH. YOU GET DOWN TO PLATTSMOUTH, MAYBE GET AN INCH OF SNOW, YOU GET TO BLAIR, MAYBE YOU GET SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW EARLIER. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THREE INCHES AROUND THE OMAHA METRO. LOOKS LIKE WE’LL PROBABLY BE ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT. MAYBE THREE TO AS MUCH AS SIX. THIS IS 8 A.M. TOMORROW IN THE COMPUTER MODEL BEFORE LUNCH. RAIN, SNOW MIX BREAKING OUT. BUT COLDER AIR IS IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO NOW IT’S MORE SNOW, LESS RAIN AND HEAVIEST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RIGHT HERE OVER THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND TAPERS AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING. BUT THE DAMAGE WILL HAVE BEEN DONE BY THAT POINT AS IT WILL BE ROUGH. THIS COMPUTER MODEL I SHOWED THIS TO JULIE AT HOME OVER THE DINNER BREAK AS IT WAS COMING IN, AND IT HAS NINE INCHES BY 6:00 IN A TOTAL OF 13.3. NOW THAT’S PROBABLY OVERDONE, BUT JUST THE IDEA THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND ON THIS COMPUTER MODEL IS RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER SHORT RANGE COMPUTER MODEL ALSO THAT’S, YOU KNOW, BY SAY 6:00 AND THEN OVERALL HAS THE HEAVIEST OVER PLATTSMOUTH, BUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OVER THE I-80 CORRIDOR. SO THAT’S US IN THE OMAHA METRO, 61 AND 45 TODAY, A WARM ONE SEVENTH DAY IN A ROW. TEMPERATURES HAVE HIT 60 OR BETTER. AND NOW A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TOMORROW. WE NEED THE MOISTURE. NOTHING SO FAR THAT NORTH WIND ALREADY PICKING UP, BLOWING IN THE COLDER AIR. IT’S 41. TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING NOW. THE AIR IS DRY, SO THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIMITING FACTOR. BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC MAKING IT ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND IN HERE. AND THE NORTH BREEZE PICKING UP. I THINK IT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW. NOTHING AT THE MOMENT ON DEUEL POLL CLOUDS ACTUALLY THINNING OUT A LITTLE BIT. THE SYSTEM IS STILL OUT OVER THE ROCKIES AND EMERGING INTO KANSAS, AND AS THE COLD AIR IS IN PLACE, WE’LL SEE THE SNOW TAKE SHAPE RIGHT OVER US TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THERE YOU GO. NARROW HEAVY SNOW BAND, BUT LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE IT’S RIGHT OVER THE METRO. A LOW OF 32 TONIGHT. AND THEN TOMORROW’S HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. SO NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE IN THE TRULY SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON, WHERE IT NOW APPEARS MAYBE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE METRO WITH A FEW SPOTS, POSSIBLY EVEN A BIT MORE JUST ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF THE METRO. AND THEN THE COLD WEATHER WILL BE W
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Heavier snow forecast around Omaha for Thursday and Thursday evening. There is now a winter storm warning set to go into effect at Noon Thursday, lasting until 6:00am Friday. Snow totals around Omaha will likely be in the 3″-6″ range with a few isolated spots possibly exceeding 6″!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.
Heavier snow forecast around Omaha for Thursday and Thursday evening. There is now a winter storm warning set to go into effect at Noon Thursday, lasting until 6:00am Friday. Snow totals around Omaha will likely be in the 3″-6″ range with a few isolated spots possibly exceeding 6″!
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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.



