Huge warm up on the way in Omaha!

METEOROLOGIST. LUKE VICKERY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. WELL, TODAY WAS A WINTER LIKE DAY OUTSIDE. TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKE SPRING. AND WE GOT DAYS THAT LOOK LIKE SUMMER HERE IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SO KIND OF A CLASSIC IN THE MIDWEST THIS TIME OF YEAR. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT RADAR. THERE ARE SOME RETURNS DOWN HERE TOWARDS CLARINDA, MARYVILLE, DOWN NEAR FALLS CITY, FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. STARTING TO THINK THAT MAY NOT BE TOUCHING THE GROUND. I WAS LOOKING AT WEATHER STATIONS DOWN THERE AND THOSE SENSORS AREN’T PICKING UP ON ANYTHING FOR THE CURRENT TIME. AND I MENTIONED HOW WE’RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH. THAT’S THE START OF SPRING. WE’RE FORECASTING A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE 81 DEGREES. THE CURRENT RECORD IS 78. THAT’S SET BACK IN 1934. THE DAY AFTER THAT, MARCH 21ST. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY DO IT AGAIN, BUT A RECORD HIGH, HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTED 87. AND THAT WAS SET BACK IN 1907. SO THAT WOULD THAT’S A STRONG RECORD. SO IF WE BREAK THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WARM WE ARE. BAYLISS PARK SKYCAM YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND. AND I’M THINKING IF ANYTHING KEEPS OUR TEMPERATURES DOWN TOMORROW, IT MAY BE THAT IT WOULDN’T BE BY MUCH, BUT THAT SNOW, WHEN IT MELTS, IT ABSORBS LATENT HEAT SO IT’S HARDER TO WARM UP 33 DEGREES SOUTHEAST WIND AT 13MPH, 34 FOR PLATTSMOUTH 30 TEKAMAH. LOOK AT THE WARMER SPOTS OUT WEST, THE WESTERN SIDE OF OUR VIEWING AREA, SOME LOWER 40S. AND THEN WE HAVE 20S ON THE EASTERN SIDE. WE’LL HAVE A SIMILAR TEMPERATURE GRADIENT LIKE THAT FOR TOMORROW, JUST WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. AND LOOK AT ALL THAT WARMTH OUT WEST. SCOTTSBLUFF AT 60, NORTH PLATTE AT 55, THAT WARMER AIR IS COMING OUR DIRECTION. AND KEEP IN MIND, IT’S PAST 10:00 RIGHT NOW AND IT’S STILL THAT WARM. THERE’S THE LIGHT SNOW. IT’S DRIFTING INTO CENTRAL IOWA. WE’RE DONE WITH THAT NOW. WE’RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. WE’LL WATCH THAT WARM FRONT PASS THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WELCOMING THE SUNSHINE FOR TOMORROW. AFTER A CLOUDY DAY TODAY. AND THEN THE WARM AIR IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM OUT WEST. WE SEE THAT AIR KIND OF DOWNSLOPE OFF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND DRIFT INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. AND THAT COMPRESSES AND WARMS. IT’S A NICE THING ABOUT LIVING IN THE PLAINS. YOU GET SOME WARMER DAYS LIKE THAT. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT, 34 DEGREES IN OMAHA. THAT MIGHT BE THE MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURE. IF YOU LIVE FURTHER EAST THAN IOWA, YOU’LL BE IN THE 20S AND THEN MAYBE SOME MID OR UPPER 30S FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA. HERE’S THE 12 HOUR FORECAST BY THE LUNCH HOUR, MID 50S. AND THEN WE’RE THINKING WE TOP OUT NEAR 70 DEGREES BY 4 OR 5 OR 6:00 IN THE BREEZE. DOESN’T LOOK TOO BAD EITHER. SO A REALLY NICE DAY, ESPECIALLY IN COMPARISON TO YESTERDAY. THE DAY BEFORE THAT, HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST AGAIN, 70 OMAHA LOOK EAST INTO IOWA. TEMPERATURES COULD BE IN THE LOWER 60S. A LITTLE MORE SNOW THERE. IT’S GOING TO BE HARDER TO WARM UP. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, YOU COULD BE CLOSE TO 80 TOMORROW. SO A BIG DIFFERENCE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, MORE OF AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD FOR THURSDAY, WHERE MOST OF US ARE IN THE 70S AND PERHAPS A COUPLE 80S FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE SUMMER TO ME. ALTHOUGH SPRING DOES START ON FRIDAY AND THE TEMPERATURE SHOOTS UP TO 81 AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY, MARCH 20TH AND AGAIN ON MARCH 21ST. IT COULD BE ANOTHER DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BEFORE FRONT COMES THROUGH. AND THEN WE START COOLING OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE GOT A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE GOT ACCLIMATED TO KIND OF SOME COLD WEATHER RECENTLY. SO THIS IS GOING TO FEEL ALL SO MUCH SWEETER. SPRING IS HERE AND SUMMER IS SAYING HELLO. I DID NOT GET ACCLIMATE