Near record warmth Tuesday, severe potential Thursday in Omaha area

WATCHING OUR NEXT ROUND OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER. LATER THIS WEEK, WE DEEMED THURSDAY A SEVERE WEATHER DAY. IT’S LOOKING LIKE WE COULD SEE STRONG, SEVERE STORMS LATER IN THE DAY RIGHT NOW, FAVORING THE WINDOW BETWEEN 4 AND 10 P.M. RIGHT NOW, METRO AREA SHOULD BE NEAR OR JUST BEFORE SUNSET. SO MORE 7 TO 8:00. THE WAY THINGS LOOK RIGHT NOW WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS LATER IN THE DAY. LARGE HAIL, 60 PLUS MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS, NOT ZERO CHANCE TORNADOES, BUT MAYBE INITIALLY WHEN STORMS DEVELOP, WE COULD SEE A FEW TORNADOES IN THE AREA. RIGHT NOW. KETV VIEWING AREA, THE ENTIRETY OF IT IN THE YELLOW SLIGHT RISK AREA FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. SO HAVE TO WATCH OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON THURSDAY. HERE’S THE LATEST FROM OUR STORM PREDICTOR STARTING AT NOON ON THURSDAY. SO JUMPING AHEAD. CAN’T RULE OUT A SPOT SHOWER DURING THE DAY. BUT TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY, IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE TIMING OF THAT COLD FRONT. AND RIGHT NOW MODELS HAVE IT OUT TO OUR WEST AT 4:00 AS WE NEAR PEAK HEATING WATCH THIS MODEL BLOWS UP THOSE STORMS LATE AFTERNOON BY 7:00, ADVANCING EAST THROUGH THE METRO AREA. CONTINUING TO BRING MORE OF A LINE OF STORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE LATER EVENING HOURS OUT TOWARD DES MOINES. THEY’RE SAINT JO AREA BY 10:00, SO COULD GET FAIRLY POTENT LATE IN THE DAY. GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FORECAST AGAIN LATER THURSDAY. RIGHT NOW, THAT STORM SYSTEM JUST OFF THE WEST COAST, THEY’RE SPINNING. SO STILL A WAYS OFF AHEAD OF IT. STILL ENJOYING SOME DRY WEATHER AND SOME VERY WARM WEATHER. A FEW CLOUDS DRIFTING THROUGH EARLY ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF IN THE 50S AND 60S 64. RIGHT NOW IN OMAHA, TEMPERATURES 15 TO 25. CLOSE TO 30 DEGREES WARMER NOW THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY MORNING. AS WE LOOK OVER TO HENRY DOORLY ZOO. YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT DAY TO GET OUT THERE. ANOTHER GREAT DAY FILLMORE SUMMER LIKE 64 DEGREES. DEW POINTS THOUGH IN THE 40S. SO WE’RE GETTING THE WARMTH WITHOUT ALL THE HUMIDITY RIGHT NOW. THAT SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND TEN MILES PER HOUR. SO IF YOU DO TAKE A JACKET THIS MORNING, ONLY NEED IT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNRISE. YOU SEE HERE ON THE 12 HOUR FORECAST RAPIDLY WARMING UP UPPER 70S BY NOON, SPENDING MOST OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. SO GET OUTSIDE, ENJOY SOME WARMTH. NOT NEARLY AS WINDY TODAY AS WE SAW YESTERDAY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES MID TO UPPER 80S. MOST SPOTS COULD BE FLIRTING WITH 90 DEGREES OUT TOWARD LINCOLN. COLUMBUS, NORFOLK AND FLIRTING WITH A RECORD HIGH 88 FORECAST HIGH IN OMAHA. THE RECORD FOR TODAY 90. SO COULD BE CLOSE AS IN LINCOLN. NORFOLK THINKS IT’S SAFE. RECORD HIGH TODAY 95 DEGREES. SO TODAY OUR WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. STILL WARM. 80S A LITTLE BREEZIER TOMORROW. AND THERE’S OUR SEVERE WEATHER DAY ON THURSDAY. BEHIND THAT SYSTEM. ANOTHER SURGE OF COOLER AIR WILL KNOCK TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 60S. AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. A LITTLE UNSETTLED THERE. BY THE END OF THE SEV