Mild, breezy Saturday for Omaha area

FOR CONSUMER REPORTS, I’M MARY REGLI. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. WELL, A COLD BUT CLEAR START OUT THERE HERE EARLY THIS MORNING, BEGINNING WITH A LIVE LOOK ACROSS THE METRO WITH OUR EXCLUSIVE SKYCAM NETWORK FROM LA VISTA TO COUNCIL BLUFFS OUT OF BAYLISS PARK, DOWNTOWN OMAHA AND WEST OMAHA. WE ARE ALL PRETTY QUIET THOUGH. GRAB THOSE COATS AND LAYERS HERE THIS MORNING. 21 DEGREES NOW. COUNCIL BLUFFS, 23 OMAHA 25 PLATTSMOUTH MILFORD AND 20 DEGREES THIS MORNING IN WAHOO. WE’RE DOWN TO 14 CARROLL COLD. 19 IN COLUMBUS AND 23 FALLS CITY. OUR WIND CHILLS NOW DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. BUT THIS AFTERNOON WILL STILL BE PLENTY COMFORTABLE. WINDS STILL FAIRLY LIGHT THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THOSE EXPECTED TO PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTH GUSTING UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATING THOSE TEMPERATURES BACK CLOSER TO THE 50S HERE TODAY, BUT WITH THE WARMTH. AND WE’VE SEEN THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS EXPECTING MORE THROUGHOUT THAT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. WE’RE GETTING A CHANCE FOR SOME ICE JAMS. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL AT LEAST 10 P.M. MONDAY ALONG THE PLATTE, LOUP AND ELKHORN RIVERS. RIGHT NOW, NOT EXPERIENCING OR SEEING THAT FLOODING, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE’RE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE STILL LOOKING PLENTY CLEAR FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. A FEW CLOUDS OFF TO THE WEST GOING TO MOVE IN. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. GOOD NEWS IF YOU’RE HEADING TO THE LOLLIPOP CHALLENGE AND FUNDRAISER FOR SKI PATROL AT CRESCENT HILL AT HITCHCOCK, 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M. TODAY. AGAIN GOING TO BE GUSTY AT 46 DEGREES THERE AT 3:00. WITH THE HIGH TODAY IN OMAHA, 48. 50 TODAY LINCOLN 52. BEATRICE COLUMBUS 47. SHENANDOAH AND CARROLL UP TO 42. STILL ALL ABOVE AVERAGE. STORM PREDICTOR THROUGH OUT YOUR SATURDAY. HERE’S A FEW CLOUDS IN BY THE LUNCH HOUR. AND FOR THIS EVENING. NOW A FEW CLOUDS WILL STICK WITH US OVERNIGHT AS WELL. STILL CHILLY TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE 30S, BUT BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES EVEN WARMER BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S 56. SUNDAY 69. NOW OUR FORECAST HIGH FOR MONDAY AND OUR RECORD FOR MONDAY HERE IN OMAHA, ONLY 63 LOOKING TO SET THOSE RECORDS OR AT LEAST CHALLENGE THEM. LINCOLN AND NORFOLK AS WELL. GETTING INTO THE LOWER 70S AND THOUGH NOT QUITE AS BALMY TUESDAY THROU