Record warmth on the way Monday for Omaha area

HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S. AND TODAY, PETE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BREAK RECORD HIGHS. WE ARE GOING TO SHATTER THEM. READY FOR THE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR. AND OUR WARMEST DAY LIKELY IN THREE MONTHS. FORECAST HIGH IN OMAHA 71 LINCOLN 74. NORFOLK 74. THESE ARE THE RECORD HIGHS 63. THAT’S ALL WE HAVE TO GET TO IN OMAHA. LIKELY GET THERE BY 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. 68 THE RECORD HIGH IN LINCOLN AND NORFOLK. SO GET READY FOR THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH. STILL LIGHT JACKET IN THE MORNING ON THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. STARTING OFF IN THE 20S. LOW 30S, WIND LIGHTER, BUT WE’LL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, BUT THAT WIND TURNING MORE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. YOU GET A SOUTHWEST BREEZE. IT’S BEEN SO DRY RECENTLY. THE RECIPE FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB VERY QUICKLY WILL BE PUSHING CLOSE TO 60 BY NOON. THERE’S 1:00 64. THAT WOULD BE A RECORD HIGH. AND THEN WE’LL JUST TACK ON UPPER 60S LOW 70S AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. SO FIND A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE TODAY. NOW, ALONG WITH THE WARMTH, WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME ICE MELT ON AREA RIVERS. WE’VE GOT SOME ONGOING ICE JAM FLOODING OUT TOWARD GRAND ISLAND. SO STILL WATCHING LOUP AND PLATTE RIVER, ESPECIALLY LATER ON TODAY. WATCH OUT FOR POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING ALONG THE RIVERBANKS THERE, SO THAT FLOOD WATCH STILL ONGOING UNTIL 10:00, MAY SEE AN EXTENSION OF THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH AROUND THIS WEEK, YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA, SOUTHWEST IOWA RIGHT NOW. LOOKING GOOD. WAS OUT AT THE ZOO YESTERDAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL DAY. GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER TODAY IF YOU HEAD ON OUT THERE. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW 31 DEGREES, BUT FEELS LIKE 24 WITH JUST A SEVEN MILE PER HOUR BREEZE OUTSIDE OF THE METRO, STILL SEEING MAINLY 20S AND LOW 30S 25 COLUMBUS 28 FREMONT DOWN TO 21 HARLAN AND ATLANTIC. SO AGAIN, YOU STILL NEED A JACKET FOR NOW. WIND LIGHT TO CALM, BUT WE’LL SEE THAT WIND PICK UP MORE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AS THE DAY GOES ON. OCCASIONALLY SEEING THOSE GUSTS 2020 FIVE MILES PER HOUR. SO NOT TERRIBLY BREEZY, BUT AGAIN, THAT SOUTHWEST WIND GOING TO HELP AID GETTING THOSE TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP VERY QUICKLY, AS YOU SEE HERE ON STORM PREDICTOR, STARTING OFF THE MORNING 20S LOW 30S BY LUNCHTIME PUSHING MID 50S TO POSSIBLY MID 60S OFF TO THE WEST OF THE OMAHA METRO. AND THEN TEMPERATURES CLIMB IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. BUT HERE COMES THE FRONT IN THE EVENING, DROPPING THROUGH AFTER SUNSET. SO STILL GOING TO BE IN THE 40S AND 50S. BY 9:00. THAT FRONT COMES THROUGH WILL PICK UP MORE OF A NORTH BREEZE, SO THE WIND COULD BE GUSTING 2020 FIVE MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES HEADING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WE’LL START OFF IN THE MID 30S AND THEN MORE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S. SO MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY, BUT STILL FOR FEBRUARY WE’RE TALKING TEMPERATURES STILL 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, SO ENJOY THE 70S TODAY. LOW 50S MOST OF THE WEEKEND. MAINLY DRY. SMALL CHANCE. MAY SEE A STRAY SHOWER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, BUT STILL LOOKING GOOD