Storms return Thursday night in Omaha area, severe potential Friday

INCLUDING OUR FIRST POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG, SEVERE STORMS HERE BEFORE WE GET TO THE WEEKEND. SO WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, BUT HERE’S THE LATEST THINKING ON OUR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. WITH ROUNDS OF STORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THEN INTO THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. SO FIRST ROUND AFTER 10 P.M. TONIGHT INTO THE MORNING DRIVE TOMORROW. LOWER SEVERE RISK, MAYBE 1 OR 2 THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. OTHERWISE, EXPECT SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER, SOME POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN LIKELY LINGERING THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE. NOW THE CURRENT TREND IS GETTING THE COLD FRONT IN A LITTLE QUICKER. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR LESS TIME FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO RECHARGE FOR US TO HEAT UP. SO WITH THAT THINKING AFTER 2 P.M., THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE ACTIVITY MORE LIKELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OMAHA METRO. STILL CHANCE WE GET SOME STORMS HERE IN OMAHA, BUT THE STRONGER ONES MORE LIKELY GOING TO BE IN THE ENHANCED RISK ZONE OR FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI. RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THE ORANGE ENHANCED RISK AND MARYVILLE, FALLS CITY OUT TOWARD PAWNEE CITY. ANY STRONGER STORMS? ALL MODE, SEVERE WEATHER IN PLAY, SOME GUSTY WINDS, SOME LARGE HAIL, AND CAN’T RULE OUT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. AGAIN, BEST CHANCES SOUTH AND EAST OF THE METRO AREA. IF WE END UP SEEING ANY STRONGER STORMS HERE IN OMAHA. MORE LIKELY TO BE A WIND AND HAIL THREAT. BUT AGAIN, IF THAT FRONT GETS IN BETWEEN TWO, THREE, 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AS OPPOSED TO 6 OR 7 IN THE EVENING, OUR SEVERE RISK LIKELY A BIT LOWER, BUT GOT TO STAY WEATHER AWARE IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS LATER IN THE DAY. ON FRIDAY. TODAY, THURSDAY. 12 HOUR FORECAST. QUIET. CLOUDY LIKE WE’VE SEEN ALL WEEK LONG. TEMPERATURES NOT MOVING MUCH. COULD SEE A BIT OF DRIZZLE OR MIST. SOME PATCHY FOG. AND THEN THERE’S THE INCREASING SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BOOST IN TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE 60S. YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIGHTLY LOWER VISIBILITY LOOKING AT I-680 NEAR BLAIR HIGH ROAD FROM FAIRFIELD AND SKYCAM RIGHT NOW 43 DEGREES WITH THE CLOUD COVER AROUND AND WHERE IT’S CLOUDY, TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S WHERE IT’S CLEAR YOU CAN SEE THE 30S OUT WEST. THAT’S ALSO WHERE WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THE DENSER FOG RIGHT NOW. SO BELOW A MILE NORFOLK DOWN THROUGH YORK STILL SOME MORE FOG IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. LOOKING DECENT HERE IN OMAHA AND LINCOLN RIGHT NOW, BUT DENSE FOG ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS MORNING WEST OF LINCOLN AS WELL AS TAYLOR COUNTY, IOWA, DOWN THROUGH MARYVILLE. SO JUST WATCH OUT FOR SOME LOWER VISIBILITY THIS MORNING. BUT EVENTUALLY THOSE CLOUDS WILL MOVE OUT. SEE SOME BREAKS. TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. BY NOON. MORE SUNSHINE, UPPER 50S, LOW 60S BY 4:00. NOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING, WE’RE LOOKING DRY AFTER 10:00, HEADING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. BETTER CHANCE TO SEE THESE STORMS POP UP. SOME DOWNPOURS, SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER AGAIN. CAN’T RULE OUT 1 OR 2 THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL. STILL SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS, RUMBLES OF THUNDER AROUND FOR THE MORNING DRIVE. AND THEN THERE’S 9:00 NOON. THE COLD FRONT ON OUR DOORSTEP WITH THIS MODEL. AND THIS WILL TRY TO GENERATE SOME STORMS. TWO 3:00 RIGHT OVER THE METRO. THESE WOULD LIKELY NOT BE SEVERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COOLER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS THAT POP AHEAD OF THAT FRONT AS WE HEAD TOWARD 4 OR 5:00 HERE IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, THOSE WOULD HAVE THE BETTER POTENTIAL TO BE A BIT STRONGER. AND THEN EVERYTHING STARTING TO CLEAR OUT AS WE HEAD LATER IN THE EVENING AND COOLER AIR FILTERS IN. SO WE DO HAVE THE SEVERE WEATHER DAY FRIDAY FOR THE SEVERE POTENTIAL, BUT AGAIN, BETTER CHANCES LOOKING SOUTH AND EAST, THE OMAHA METRO QUICK COOL DOWN INTO THE