Snow likely around Omaha Thursday and Thursday evening

WILL BE UP IN THE LOW 50S AGAIN. CAN’T WAIT. SO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE’VE GOT SOME WINTER WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT, BUT JUST NOT YET THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN OUTSIDE, PRETTY NICE. RANDBY FACTOR SEVEN. PLEASANT FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT I THINK PRETTY GOOD LIKELIHOOD OF ABOUT THREE INCHES OF SNOW IN THE OMAHA METRO. AND MAYBE ON THE NORTH SIDE, EVEN A BIT MORE THAN THAT. YOU GOT TO GET FARTHER SOUTH OF THE METRO TO FIND AMOUNTS THAT YOU PROBABLY WON’T HAVE TO SHOVEL. SO CURRENTLY THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS GOT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NORTH. THE EARLIER COMPUTER MODEL RUNS, AND YESTERDAY WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE TO THE NORTH. SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE’VE GOTTEN IN TODAY AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SAYS THE TREND IS FARTHER SOUTH WITH THIS HEAVIER SNOW. THIS IS OUR COMPUTER MODEL FROM OVERNIGHT THROUGH 8 A.M. THURSDAY. YOU CAN SEE IT INDICATES SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION BY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT BY LUNCHTIME HEAVIER RAIN MIX AND SNOW. AND THEN FOR THE AFTERNOON, WE COULD HAVE A FEW HOURS IN SOME PRETTY SOLID SNOW. NOW, OF COURSE, THE GROUND IS WARM AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME MELTING. BUT IF THIS LASTS FOR THREE, 4 OR 5 HOURS OF STEADY MODERATE SNOW, IT’S GOING TO ACCUMULATE. AND ALL THE WAY ALONG I-80 TO OVER AROUND DES MOINES. SO THAT COMPUTER MODEL SAYS WE’RE GOING TO GET BY LUNCHTIME. JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. BUT THEN A RAPID ACCUMULATION. NOW THESE ARE PROBABLY DOUBLE WHAT I EXPECT TO HAVE HAPPEN. SO DON’T SO MUCH PAY ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER. THE CORE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS CLOSER TO THE OMAHA METRO THOUGH. THIS IS THE OTHER COMPUTER MODEL. YESTERDAY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD THE HEAVIER SNOW AROUND OMAHA, AND BY LUNCHTIME IT HAS A BEGINNING AND IT STILL HAS THE HEAVIER SNOW NEAR AND SOUTH OF OMAHA, ALTHOUGH WE THINK IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THAT. AND THEN MY FAVORITE, USUALLY THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL HAS THAT HEAVIEST SNOW NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF THE METRO, BUT DOES HAVE US WITH 3.3IN AS THE FORECAST. 61 AND 45. WAY ABOVE THE AVERAGES. AGAIN TODAY. THE GROUND IS WARM. THE GROUND IS BARE, THE GROUND IS DRY. WE’VE HAD NO MOISTURE FOR THE MONTH HERE. THERE’S THE SUN THROUGH SOME HIGH CLOUDS AT 60. THE WINDS ARE LIGHT. PRETTY DECENT AT THE MOMENT IN THE OMAHA METRO. TEMPERATURES ALL AROUND THE VIEWING AREA. UPPER 50S, LOW 60. THE AIR IS REALLY DRY, SO IT’S GOING TO HAVE TO MOISTEN UP A LOT BY TOMORROW TO SEE THE SNOW. WE THINK IT WILL THOUGH. WINDS ARE CURRENTLY LIGHT. THERE’S JUST THE HIGH CLOUD COVER COMING IN. THE STORM SYSTEM WE’RE WATCHING IS JUST NOW COMING TO THE ROCKIES, AND HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY SNOWS OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. 32 THE LOW TONIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER. TOMORROW. CLOUDY START, BUT SOME ISSUES BY MIDDAY AND SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND SNOW ACCUMULATES. THREE INCHES. THAT’S SEVERE FOR ME AS WE’VE HAD BARELY ANYTHING SINCE JUST AFTER THANKSGIVING, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ROUGH AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SORT OF RELEARN HOW TO DRIVE THAT. YOU GOT TO SLOW DOWN, INCREASE YOUR FOLLOWING DISTANCE. AND ONCE WE GET THE SNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE COLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. REMEMBER, WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU DOWNLOAD THE KETV MOBILE APP. INTERACTIVE RADAR, STORM ALERTS, AND OF COURSE, INFORMATION ON SEVERE WINTER WEATHER RIGHT THERE. PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF TOTALS ON THE MODELS. YOU LIKE. ABOUT THREE. I THINK THAT’S