Impact weather Friday afternoon for heat in Omaha area

Bright skies and hot temperatures to end the week and head into the weekend. Meteorologist Caitlin Harvey has the forecast you trust from Omaha's Weather Leader.

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OMAHA, Neb. —

Bright skies and hot temperatures to end the week and head into the weekend.

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 Ainsley Goebel are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.

Omaha, US

2:35 pm, Jul 17, 2026

92°F

Partly cloudy

46 %

1016 mb

10 mph

Wind Gust 12 mph

Clouds 50%

Visibility 10 mi

Sunrise 6:05 am

Sunset 8:54 pm

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