Seasonal and bright Friday afternoon for Omaha area

CHRISTIANE CORDERO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. 14 HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY. TAKING ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT OUR CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE. ALL OF OUR GRASS TREES TURNING GREEN. IT’S NOT GREAT NEWS FOR SOME OF US SUFFERING FROM ALLERGIES, BUT A BEAUTIFUL DAY NONE THE LESS. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S HERE AT THE LUNCH HOUR, WITH WINDS ABOUT 5 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR OUT OF THE NORTH. SEEING THOSE GUSTS APPROACHING 2025 MILES AN HOUR, JUST A LITTLE TAD ON THE BREEZY SIDE HERE TODAY, BUT REALLY NOTHING THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON HERE IN DEUEL. SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE-MINUTE ADVANTAGE STILL SHOWING CRYSTAL CLEAR CONDITIONS, EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXPECTED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH, THOSE CLOUDS GOING TO INCREASE TONIGHT HERE LATER IN THE DAY, TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60S FEW OF US INTO THE LOWER 70S SOUTH OF I-80 ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE. 32 TODAY, BEATRICE 68 THIS AFTERNOON. OMAHA SHENANDOAH, COLUMBUS GETTING UP TO 66 CARROLL STILL PRETTY SEASONALLY COMFORTABLE HERE FOR TONIGHT. COOL. 45, BUT RIGHT ON PAR WITH WHERE OUR TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE. WE’LL GET THOSE INCREASING CLOUDS, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY BY OR SATURDAY MORNING. BUT LET’S BREAK DOWN WHAT TO EXPECT HERE FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND ON INTO THE WEEKEND. AGAIN, CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT DRIVE HOME THOUGH. STILL GOING TO BE PRETTY BRIGHT. COULD STILL SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 1520 MILES AN HOUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. 10 P.M. FRIDAY NIGHT. PLANS STILL LOOKING GOOD, BUT INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE WEST OF THE OMAHA METRO. STARTING OFF MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE FOR SOME VERY SPOTTY SHOWERS. MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OR TWO AND DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A TOTAL WASHOUT. COULD YOU STILL GET YARD WORK DONE IN THE MORNING? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE AFTERNOON, SEEING THOSE SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS NOW OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY, WE’LL KEEP THOSE CLOUDS WITH US. FOR FOLKS IN NEBRASKA BY THE AFTERNOON. INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS, ESPECIALLY AFTER ABOUT 2 TO 3 P.M. TOMORROW. THOSE CONTINUE TO WORK THEIR WAY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. YOUR SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY EVENING, SUNDAY NIGHT, EVEN INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY, AS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA REALLY, INCLUDING THE OMAHA AND LINCOLN AREAS AND THAT SLIGHT RISK FOR LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND. WE CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO RIGHT NOW. SEEING AN IMPACT WEATHER THROUGH YOUR WEEKEND. AGAIN, NOT A TOTAL WASHOUT, BUT SPOTTY SHOWERS FOR YOUR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING NIGHT COULD GET A BIT HAIRY AND WAKING UP EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 70% CHANCE FOR THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BEAT. YEAH, TODAY IS DEFINITELY THAT TIME FOR THAT PATIO WEATHER. AND WITH THE BURN BAND GOING, MAYBE EVEN A TIME TO GRILL. GOOD GRILLING WEATHER TONIGHT. DEFINITELY, DE