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Limited rain chances around the Omaha area through next week

Limited rain chances around the Omaha area

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Limited rain chances around the Omaha area

Limited rain chances around the Omaha area

WE’VE SEEN IS A BIT OF A SHIFT IN TORNADO ALLEY. YEAH. I MEAN, THIS YEAR AGAIN, SO FAR, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN IN AND MISSISSIPPI. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, EVEN KANSAS CITY HAS HAD A LOT OF SEVERE WEATHER SO FAR THIS YEAR. BUT WE HAVE BEEN SKIRTED. YEAH. SO FAR AND REALLY NICE RIGHT NOW THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE, PLEASE DO. IT IS A RANDBY FACTOR OF NINE. SPECTACULAR. THAT IS THE PROVERBIAL PATENTED MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE ON NICE WEATHER FOR YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. EVEN THE POLLEN LEVELS ARE NOT QUITE AS BAD. MEDIUM COUNT OF TREE POLLEN. THERE IS MULBERRY, OAK AND PINE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GRASS POLLEN. SO FAR TODAY, 73 HAS BEEN OUR HIGH TWO ABOVE THE AVERAGE. IT’S CHILLY, BUT NOT THAT CHILLY. LAST NIGHT 43 WAS THE LOW TEMPERATURE AND NO MOISTURE. AND THIS MONTH THREE HUNDREDTHS. AND IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THERE’S THE BREEZE AT THE OMAHA RIVERFRONT FLAG THERE, AND VIEWED FROM OUR CAMERA AT THE EMBASSY SUITES DOWNTOWN. 73 TEMPERATURES 7174 BELLEVUE 74, NEBRASKA CITY 68. ATLANTIC 66. HARLAN DENNISON AND CARROLL. DEW POINTS REALLY DRY. THIS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET SUCH DRY AIR ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, IT’S HARD FOR US TO GET ANY RAIN, LET ALONE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THERE’S THAT BREEZE BLOWING CURRENTLY FROM THE WEST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR, A LITTLE STRONGER DOWN IN FALLS CITY. NOTHING THERE. ON SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR, AND EVEN THE CLOUDS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FORMING A FEW OF THEM HERE ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF IOWA. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE’S A LITTLE FRONT KIND OF STRETCHED OUT FROM ILLINOIS, SOUTHERN IOWA, ACROSS NEBRASKA. AND I MEAN, IN MAY, YOU GET A FRONT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER, BUT NOT TODAY. I MEAN, THERE’S JUST VERY LITTLE OUT THERE. IT’S JUST SO DRY. AND RAINFALL PROJECTIONS FROM THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE JUST SKIMPY. THAT’S THROUGH SATURDAY. 1/100 OF AN INCH. ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL. AND THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. SO A WEEK FROM TODAY, 2/100 OF AN INCH. THAT’S TERRIBLE AS WE NEED TO GET TIMELY MOISTURE IN MAY TO AVOID DROUGHT LIKE CONDITIONS. BUT THIS FRONT IS GOING TO EDGE JUST BARELY SOUTHWARD HERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AND WE COULD SEE A LITTLE SPOTTY SHOWER GO THROUGH OVERNIGHT MAYBE ACROSS THE OMAHA METRO OR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING OFF TO THE SOUTH OF US. YOU SEE SOME SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING IN ANOTHER REALLY NICE DAY TO BE OUTSIDE HERE ON FRIDAY, 49 LOW TEMPERATURE, INCREASING CLOUDS, 20% CHANCE OF A SHOWER, AND A DELIGHTFUL EVENING, BY THE WAY, TO BE OUTSIDE TOMORROW MORNING. START WITH SOME CLOUDS, A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE AGAIN, TEMPERATURES MAYBE A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE TODAY. WE’LL SEE THAT POTENTIAL. THE WINDS TEN MILES AN HOUR AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN DAYS OF THE YEAR. MORE CLOUDS SATURDAY. THERE’S A CHANCE WE GET A SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT WE’VE TAKEN AWAY THE IMPACT ICON. I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO RUIN ANYBODY’S GRADUATION PARTY OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. LOOK AT MOTHER’S DAY. THAT LOOKS GOOD. LOOK AT MONDAY. LOOK AT TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAYBE THURSDAY. A CHANCE OF A SHOWER. BUT A MOM’S HAPPY OUT THERE. DADS WHO MADE RESERVATIONS AT

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Limited rain chances around the Omaha area though most of next week. Temperatures also look warmer with no threat of frost or freezing.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.

Limited rain chances around the Omaha area though most of next week. Temperatures also look warmer with no threat of frost or freezing.

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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.

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Omaha, US
11:36 am, May 15, 2026
temperature icon 77°F
Sunny
60 %
1006 mb
11 mph
Wind Gust 13 mph
Clouds 0%
Visibility 10 mi
Sunrise 6:05 am
Sunset 8:35 pm

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