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Possible storm chance Thursday near Omaha
Possible storm chance Thursday near Omaha
REAL WHEN YOU SEE THOSE HUMMINGBIRDS. I HOPE WE GET THEM IN THE AREA. OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW. IT MIGHT JUST BE SWEPT DOWNSTREAM. WE GOT STRONG WINDS BLOWING HERE FROM THE SOUTH, AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE’VE GOT SOME REALLY WARM WEATHER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TOO. THIS EVENING I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, SUNSETS ARE GETTING LATER AND LATER. WELL, AFTER 8:00. NOW FOR SUNSET. AND IT’S A RAIN FACTOR OF SEVEN. PLEASANT FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. NICE TEMPERATURE, PRETTY WINDY. AIR IS DRY. SO PLEASE, NO BURNING OR ANYTHING. WE STILL HAVE THIS RED FLAG WARNING. POLK COUNTY, YORK COUNTY UNTIL 9:00 THIS EVENING. MOST AREAS IT’S JUST BREEZY, BUT IT’S BEEN WET ENOUGH LATELY THAT WE DON’T HAVE QUITE THE SAME FIRE DANGER SO FAR. TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 70S AFTER BEING 38 DEGREES THIS MORNING AND I THINK NOW AT THIS HOUR WE’RE UP ANOTHER DEGREE TO 78. BEAUTIFUL VIEW HERE OF WEST OMAHA. THAT’S OUR CAMERA AT THE METHODIST WOMEN’S HOSPITAL. DEW POINT 35. SO THAT’S A VERY BIG TEMPERATURE, DEW POINT SPREAD, WHICH JUST MEANS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS REALLY LOW. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES US THE HIGH FIRE DANGER. 80 IN BELLEVUE 75 AT THE COUNCIL BLUFFS AIRPORT, 82 IN LINCOLN, 83 IN BEATRICE, 82 IN FALLS CITY. YET JUST 70 IN CRESTON, 70 IN CARROLL. SO PRETTY BIG TEMPERATURE SPREAD TODAY. WE ALL HAVE THAT SOUTH WIND BLOWING 20 IN LINCOLN, 18 IN OMAHA, 20 IN TEKAMAH, GUSTING 30 THERE, GUSTING 30 IN HARLAN, 30 IN ATLANTIC, 30 IN CRESTON, ALL PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE SOUTH FOR THE WIND. WELL, NO PRECIPITATION AROUND THE LOCAL AREA AS WE DO HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES HERE. A FEW CLOUDS COMING IN FROM THE WEST SINCE WE’LL HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TONIGHT. THERE IS A GIANT STORM OFF THE WEST COAST AND THAT’S GOING TO BREAK APART INTO PIECES, BUT COME ACROSS THE NATION’S MIDSECTION. AND TYPICALLY THAT MEANS CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR OUR AREA. AND THIS LIKE LAST WEEK WILL BE KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF THINGS HERE IN OMAHA. ACCORDING TO LATEST COMPUTER MODELS. SO HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE STORMS OVER DES MOINES OVER, SAY SAINT JOE, KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA. BUT KIND OF A CLOSE CALL HERE IN OMAHA, WHETHER WE’LL JUST GET RAIN AND CLOUDS OR WILL WE SEE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY? TONIGHT, NO STORMS AROUND SOUTH BREEZE TOMORROW. THERE’S SOME SUNSHINE AS THIS FRONT GETS IN HERE. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND TEMPERATURES BE WARMER THAN WE SAW FOR TODAY. 57 FOR THE LOW. PRETTY BREEZY YET TONIGHT WINDS WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL TEN, 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR. SUNSHINE TOMORROW MORNING MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON. REALLY NICE MIDDAY AND NOT AS WINDY AS TODAY AND THEN REALLY QUITE WARM IN THE AFTERNOON. 87 RECORD HIGHS 90. EARTH DAY IS WEDNESDAY. SOME CLOUDS AROUND IN THE MORNING BUT STILL WARMS UP. AND THEN THERE’S THURSDAY. IMPACT WEATHER NOW WITH RAIN AND CLOUDS AROUND IN THE MORNING. AND THEN IF WE CAN GET SOME SUN AND HEATING, THEN WE’D HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING THUNDERSTORMS HERE. A BIT COOLER ON FRIDAY. KIND OF CLOUDY AND A LOT COOLER ON SATURDAY. AND THEN WET WEATHER RETURNS ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, WHICH IS ALL GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE NEED THAT RAIN. THOSE APRIL SHOWERS, RAIN. WE CAN FLIP FLOP LIKE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WE GOT SOME REALLY WARM DAYS
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Possible storm chance Thursday near Omaha and into Western Iowa. Before that, we have some warm weather coming Tuesday and Wednesday.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.
Possible storm chance Thursday near Omaha and into Western Iowa. Before that, we have some warm weather coming Tuesday and Wednesday.
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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.



