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Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha windy and colder as well

Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha

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Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha

Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha

YES WE DO. WE DON’T NEED MORE WIND. WE HAD PLENTY OF THAT. YEAH, THE WIND IS SO STRONG TODAY, GUSTING OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY MAY PICK BACK UP AGAIN FOR TONIGHT. RANDY FACTOR TIME FOR FRIDAY WILL BE A QUIETER DAY THOUGH. BREEZY AND CHILLY IN THE MORNING. I GIVE IT A B FACTOR OF FIVE. TOLERABLE FOR BEING IN WORKING OUTSIDE ON FRIDAY. SHOULD BE DRY BY NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND UNTIL 4 A.M. A WIND ADVISORY LINCOLN UP TO OMAHA AND JUST NORTH. A HIGH WIND WARNING WHERE GUSTS COULD STILL BE 60MPH. THEN WE LOOK AHEAD TO SUNDAY. THIS IS ONE OF OUR COMPUTER MODELS. IT LOOKS LIKE A QUIET START. A COUPLE SHOWERS EARLY, COUPLE THUNDERSHOWERS INTO CENTRAL IOWA, AND BY 10 A.M. WE’LL START TO HAVE NORTHWEST WINDS. WE COULD BE IN THE 40S IN THE MORNING, BUT THEN THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BLOW AND WE’LL START TO SEE SOME BANDS OF SNOW DEVELOP AROUND OMAHA AND INTO WESTERN IOWA INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND THAT NORTH WIND COULD DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 20S BY SUNDAY EVENING. THAT COMPUTER MODEL GIVES US THIS FOR SNOWFALL, SO JUST OVER AN INCH, BUT A COUPLE INCHES OVER IN HARLAN. SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF THAT COMPUTER MODEL IS RIGHT, THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL SAYS JUST HALF AN INCH OR SO, AND THEN THE GFS COMPUTER MODEL HAS THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW JUST EAST OF IOWA. SO IF IT SLOWS DOWN, I MEAN, SO THERE’S THINGS TO WATCH FOR SUNDAY. IN ADDITION, VERY STRONG WINDS ARE GOING TO BLOW AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW FREEZING DURING THE DAY 67, 27, 67 TODAY WE’RE STILL 65 AT THIS HOUR. THERE WERE A COUPLE LITTLE SPRINKLES AROUND THIS EVENING, BUT NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL. AND THAT’S STILL A SOUTH WIND BLOWING DOWN AT THE OMAHA RIVERFRONT. 65 50 MILE PER HOUR BREEZE NOW AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD AND THE DEW POINT, STILL JUST 27. THAT’S A HUGE TEMPERATURE. DEW POINT SPREAD. THE AIR IS REALLY DRY AND AS A RESULT, STILL QUITE MILD HERE. BUT JUST TO THE NORTH THE WINDS ARE SWITCHING TO THE NORTH. TEKAMAH NORFOLK SAME THING. WE STILL HAVE THE SOUTHWEST WIND IN OMAHA AND WESTERN IOWA, SO PRETTY SOON WE’LL SEE THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTH AND THEN AROUND MIDNIGHT, THERE’S ANOTHER LITTLE PUSH OF ENERGY COMING ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA THAT MIGHT REV UP OUR WINDS. YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM UP HERE THAT’S BEHIND THE FRONT. AND SO WE’LL GET A NORTHWEST WIND. GOOD GUST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR IN OMAHA THE MORNING. PRETTY QUIET, THE AFTERNOON PRETTY QUIET WITH LIGHTER WINDS FOR FRIDAY. TONIGHT’S LOW 34. STRONG WINDS AGAIN POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH THEY’VE DIMINISHED TEMPORARILY TOMORROW MORNING. BREEZY AND CHILLY. MID 30S AT 8 A.M. UPPER 40S IN THE AFTERNOON AND TOPPING OUT NEAR 50. SATURDAY. MORE CLOUDS, BUT STILL RELATIVELY MILD, 57 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. ONCE WE GET BEYOND, SAY, 7 OR 8 A.M. ON SUNDAY, IMPACT WEATHER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW A

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Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha. Temperatures could start Sunday morning in the 40s, then fall into the upper 20s by evening! Relatively quiet weather ahead for Friday and Saturday.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.

Rain and snow possible Sunday around Omaha. Temperatures could start Sunday morning in the 40s, then fall into the upper 20s by evening! Relatively quiet weather ahead for Friday and Saturday.

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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
6:36 pm, Mar 18, 2026
temperature icon 73°F
overcast clouds
30 %
1013 mb
1 mph
Wind Gust 4 mph
Clouds 93%
Visibility 6 mi
Sunrise 7:30 am
Sunset 7:33 pm

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