Rain & snow impact the morning drive in Omaha with wet roads and lower visibility

WEATHER LEADER, OMAHA’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BILL RANDBY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. RANDY FACTOR. TIME FOR THIS EVENING. GOT SOME PLANS TO BE OUT. WE’VE GOT THAT EXTRA HOUR OF EVENING DAYLIGHT NOW. IT’S A SIX. IT’S OKAY FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. IT’S A LITTLE CHILLY, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE. ALTHOUGH THAT HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT HERE THIS AFTERNOON. LATER TONIGHT, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER SAYS A MARGINAL RISK OF A SEVERE STORM FOR A COUPLE OF OUR COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI. WE’RE INITIALLY FOCUSED THERE. WHILE MOST OF YOUR FOCUS ON THE OMAHA METRO, WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 60 AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A PRETTY GOOD EVENING HERE THROUGH ABOUT SUNSET LATER TONIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP JUST SOUTH, PERHAPS OF FALLS CITY AND MARYVILLE. NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES, THOUGH QUITE COOL AND WILL COOL OFF AS A NORTHWEST WIND BLOWS IN SOME CHILLIER AIR LATE TONIGHT. THE INDICATION OF SOME RAIN, SOME SNOW, AND THEN A MIX UP TO THE MORNING DRIVE. NOW I THINK TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE FORECASTING AND THE ROADS ARE WARM, SO EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SHOULD BE WET. BUT MAYBE A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. IT WILL BE DAMP TOMORROW MORNING AND THERE MAY BE EVEN SOME SNOWFLAKES IN THE AIR. YOU SEE, THE RAIN POTENTIAL IS NOT GREAT. 10TH OF AN INCH, MAYBE LESS THAN THAT. AND THE SNOW POTENTIAL, AS FAR AS ANYTHING ACCUMULATING IS NOT GREAT EITHER. MAYBE A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL PROBABLY MELT, ALTHOUGH NORTHEAST NEBRASKA COULD GET COLDER SOONER AND MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THERE. 6136 STILL WAY ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT NOTHING LIKE YESTERDAY’S 78 DEGREE TOP TEN DAY THAT WE HAD. THAT’S I-80 FROM OUR CAMERA AT THE EMBASSY SUITES. LA VISTA TRAFFIC LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THERE. 61 IN OMAHA, 59 IN MILLARD, 60 IN BLAIR, 59 IN FREMONT, 52 NOW IN NORFOLK, WHERE THE NORTH WINDS ARE PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT. AND WE THINK THOSE WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN IN THE OMAHA METRO WITH TIME TONIGHT, RADAR IS QUIET AT THE MOMENT. SATELLITE PICTURES PRETTY QUIET AT THE MOMENT. COLDER AIR COMING DOWN. STORMY WEATHER IS SET TO GO ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA, FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE THE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. WE’RE WATCHING THAT COLD AIR COME IN AND THAT BIT OF SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE. AND THEN A BREEZY, CHILLY BUT TURNING AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY DAY FOR WEDNESDAY. TONIGHT WE FORECAST A LOW OF 34. FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT IS PRETTY QUIET, BUT IMPACT WEATHER FOR THE RAIN. SNOW CHANCE BY TOMORROW MORNING’S DRIVE AND ANY SNOW ENDING MAYBE BY OR BEFORE 8:00. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING, BUT KIND OF A CHILLY DAY TOMORROW. 50 FOR THE HIGHS. IMPACT DAY FOR THE MORNING DRIVE. IMPACT WEATHER THURSDAY AS THERE COULD BE A PRETTY HIGH FIRE DANGER IF WE DON’T GET MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF MOISTURE, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE 30 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR WINDS FROM THE SOUTH ON THURSDAY. FRIDAY COLDER AGAIN. SATURDAY KIND OF IN BETWEEN AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING US SOME RAIN AND SNOW. PRETTY COLD WEATHER INTO MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. SEAN WILL HAVE YOU COVERED TOMORROW MORNING. ABSOLUTELY. AL