Spring-like stretch continues Thursday in Omaha area

THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THOUGH I WILL SAY TOMORROW MORNING, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT CHILLY IN THE MORNING. BUT THE OVERALL TREND AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK IS, WELL, MORE SPRING LIKE TEMPERATURES. SO THAT MILD STRETCH CONTINUES. EXPECT HIGHS WELL INTO THE 50S AND LOW 60S OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FOR YOUR WEEKEND PLANS. BIG WEEKEND. WE’VE GOT VALENTINE’S DAY AND THEN MANY HAVE AN EXTENDED WEEKEND WITH PRESIDENT’S DAY ON MONDAY. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WILL BE DRY. THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS SATURDAY, MAINLY SOUTH CLOSER TO THE KANSAS BORDER, SO I STILL THINK WE’RE DRY HERE IN THE METRO. AND THEN TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB AT LEAST INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK. MID TO UPPER 60S LIKELY AND STILL WATCHING THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD WARMTH ON MONDAY. SO RECORD HIGH. WATCH MONDAY THE 16TH OMAHA RIGHT NOW LOOKS HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO POSSIBLY TIE OR BREAK A RECORD HIGH OR RECORD 67 FORECAST HIGH OF 65, SO MID TO UPPER 60S YOU CAN SEE LINCOLN HAVE TO GET TO 72, NORFOLK HAVE TO GET TO 68, BUT REGARDLESS, SEVERAL DAYS TO ENJOY THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH, INCLUDING TODAY HERE ON THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’VE GOT CLOUDS AROUND EARLY, SO TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. WE’LL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY, A LITTLE BIT OF SOUTH YOU CAN SEE PUSHING 50 BY NOON AND THEN IN THE MID, POSSIBLY SNEAKING UP BRIEFLY INTO THE UPPER 50S. BY THE END OF THE DAY. ANOTHER GREAT DAY TO GET OUTSIDE. YOU CAN SEE RADAR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY, LITTLE SHOWER WEST POINT UP NEAR WAYNE OTTAWA, BUT STILL A LOT OF DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE, PREVENTING MOST OF THIS FROM REACHING THE GROUND. SO MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES, BRIEF SHOWERS OR HARLAN ATLANTIC AVENUE NEAR THE COLUMBUS AREA EARLIER IN THE MORNING. RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME CLOUDS HERE OVER OMAHA. LOOK OVER THE WEST DODGE EXPRESSWAY FROM OUR CHARLES SCHWAB SKYCAM, 39 DEGREES, UNBELIEVABLY WARM FOR A FEBRUARY MORNING THOUGH. FEELS LIKE 32 WITH THAT SOUTH BREEZE AROUND TEN MILES PER HOUR. AND REALLY, THE WIND WILL BE TEN 15MPH AT MOST FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. SO WHERE WE’VE GOT THOSE SHOWERS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE CLOUD COVER, YOU CAN SEE THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING MORE OF THOSE MID TO UPPER 30S AND 41 CURRENTLY IN DENISON AND THEN MORE LOW TO MID 30S DOWN SOUTH WHERE WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARING GOING ON. SO THIS IS TRYING TO SHOW RAIN LITTLE MIX. BUT AGAIN SURFACE TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING. SO ANYTHING THAT DOES REACH THE GROUND WOULD BE JUST A FEW SPRINKLES OR BRIEF RAIN SHOWER. THESE WILL MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS MORNING. THE CLOUDS WILL FOLLOW SUIT. YOU SEE HERE ON STORM PREDICTOR. SO AMPLE SUNSHINE BY THE LUNCH HOUR. TEMPERATURES UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S. AND THEN BY THE AFTERNOON MID TO UPPER 50S, MAYBE A FEW SPOTS DOWN SOUTH SNEAK INTO THE LOW 60S TODAY, BUT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. WILL LIKELY START OFF A LITTLE CHILLIER TOMORROW. IN THE 20S. BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, MOST OF US PUSHING 60 DEGREES TO FINISH OFF THE WEEK. MORE CLOUDS SATURDAY THAT CHANCE SHOWERS SOUTH. TEMPERATURES STILL NEAR 60. SO EVENING FOR VALENTINE’S. LOOKING GREAT SUNSHINE 60S MONDAY MID 60S MONDAY TOPPING OUT UPPER 60S NEAR 70 BY TUESDAY AND THEN STILL BY WEDNESDAY. EVEN THOUGH IT’S TECHNICALLY COOLER THAN TUESDAY. STILL GOING TO SEE THOSE TEMP