Storm chances ahead around the Omaha area into Friday

ANGELES. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, OMAHA’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BILL RANDBY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST RANDBY FACTOR. TIME FOR THIS AFTERNOON. I GIVE IT A RANDBY FACTOR OF SIX. OKAY, FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE 50S, AND THERE’S A CHANCE WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE SUN IN THE OMAHA METRO. BUT THEN TOMORROW WE’RE FOCUSED ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND I’LL BE HERE TRACKING POTENTIAL STORMS AROUND THE AREA. SLIGHT RISK FOR THE METRO. MARGINAL RISK OUT INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ENHANCED RISK OR GREATER CHANCE OF STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS. AND MAYBE EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT. HERE’S OUR COMPUTER MODEL FOR THE AFTERNOON. IT’S PRETTY OPTIMISTIC ON THE SUNSHINE. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF LOW CLOUDS AROUND. SO WE THINK THERE’LL BE MORE CLOUD COVER. BUT HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OF SUN THIS EVENING. THEN MOISTURE RETURNS AND THERE WILL BE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COMPUTER MODEL FOCUSES MOST OF THOSE INITIALLY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI, BUT THERE’S STILL A CHANCE WE’LL GET A FEW SCATTERED STORMS INTO THE METRO AND THOSE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL WITH THEM. AND THEN WE LOOK INTO TOMORROW. I EXPECT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AROUND, MAYBE A BRIEF PASSING SHOWER IN THE MORNING, BUT REALLY WAITING FOR A COLD FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA AND THEN STORMS TO DEVELOP ON THE FRONT. AND THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAREST THAT COLD FRONT AND CAN LINGER ALONG IT, DO HAVE THE CHANCE OF MAYBE PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES. YOU SEE THE METRO YOU SEE DOWN HERE, NEBRASKA CITY, SHENANDOAH, THAT’S KIND OF WHERE IT’S INDICATED RIGHT NOW WOULD TRACK INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. THEN THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH FROM THERE, AND SO FURTHER ALONG INTO THE EVENING, ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT, THAT’S FALLS CITY IN MARYVILLE BY EVENING WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE OF MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SO LESS LIKELY THAT WOULD BE THE OMAHA METRO. BUT BUT DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. SO CERTAINLY WE’LL BE WATCHING IT. I’LL BE HERE TRACKING IT AS WE GET INTO LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 53 CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN OMAHA. 54 IN MILLER, 54 IN BELLEVUE UPPER 40S FOR WESTERN IOWA. WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST BREEZE BLOWING, WHICH IS BRINGING IN SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUDS, WHICH IS LIMITING OUR HEATING. SO BEST SUN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, BUT WE’LL SEE SOME THINNING CLOUD COVER. AND THEN THIS IS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE OUT ACROSS NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO IOWA. THAT WILL GIVE US THE ENERGY FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. SO AGAIN, HERE’S TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LIFTING NORTHEAST. AND THEN TOMORROW. IT’S ALL ABOUT THESE FRONTS AND THIS COLD FRONT PRESSING SOUTHWARD ALONG THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOST LIKELY WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE VERY STRONGEST STORMS AND THEN IT GETS COLD. I MEAN, THAT NORTH WIND IS GOING TO BLOW. WILL BE IN THE 30S BY LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND THEN BACK INTO SOME SUNSHINE FOR SATURDAY. I’M FORECASTING A LOW OF 49 TONIGHT. IMPACT WEATHER. THE SCATTERED STORM CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT ALL NIGHT FOR THE STORMS. AND IF THERE’S GOING TO BE ANYTHING SEVERE, IT WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. SO IMPACT WEATHER TONIGHT FRIDAY A SEVERE DAY FOR ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OMAHA METRO. BUT MAYBE EVEN IN THE OMAHA METRO, THERE’S A CHANCE WE COULD SEE SOME HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS. AND WHO KNOWS IF THAT FRONT SLOWS DOWN, THERE WILL BE A HIGHER RISK OF STORMS HERE INTO OMAHA. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT THEN MUCH MILDER WEATHER ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY THIS WEEKEND. BY THE WAY, WE SPRING FORWARD ONE HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY MORNING SAMANTHA. OH YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, REALLY SEVERE DAY. OUR IMPACT DAY TO DAY SEVERE SEVERE WEATHER