Tracking storms into Friday near Omaha and the rest of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa

OMAHA’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BILL RANDBY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. RANDI FACTOR TIME FOR FRIDAY. BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE GETS A FOUR. UNPLEASANT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT WE’RE SEEING SHOWERS BREAKING OUT ACROSS CASS COUNTY, AND THERE COULD BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER THERE. THAT’S MOVING NORTH INTO THE OMAHA METRO. A COUPLE MORE JUST OUT TO THE NORTHWEST OF US. AND NOW FOR THE DAY TOMORROW. A SLIGHT RISK FOR MOST OF US FOR SEVERE STORMS, WIND, HAIL, MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE BEST CHANCE OF THAT WOULD BE JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OMAHA METRO. HERE’S THE COMPUTER MODEL I JUST SHOWED YOU AGAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WORKING NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. MAYBE THE STRONGEST OF THESE INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA, BUT CAN’T RULE OUT HAIL. EVEN INTO THE METRO, THERE’S 8 A.M. LUNCHTIME. NOT TOO MUCH GOING ON. 3:00. STILL NOT THAT MUCH. A FRONT ALREADY JUST SOUTH OF THE METRO. AND THEN STORMS FORECAST TO REALLY DEVELOP HERE. 4:00 5:00. AND IF THAT’S THE CASE, THESE COULD BE REALLY STRONG STORMS IN SOUTHWEST IOWA IN THE METRO. THE COLD FRONT WOULD ALREADY BE THROUGH. MAYBE THERE’S SOME HAIL POTENTIAL WITH SOME OF THOSE. AND THEN THERE’S 9:00 IN THE EVENING WITH A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COMING THROUGH. THIS IS ANOTHER COMPUTER MODEL, AGAIN, KIND OF FOCUSING NORTHWEST MISSOURI, SOUTHWEST IOWA, THE STRONGER STORMS, BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT SOMETHING UP THROUGH THE OMAHA METRO. QUIET, QUIET AIR FOR TOMORROW MORNING AND LUNCHTIME. CLOUDS A LITTLE DREARY. A LITTLE MIST. BY 4:00. WE START WATCHING FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO START POPPING UP. YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITY. THE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF OMAHA, BUT A COUPLE OF STORMS ON THAT. AND THERE YOU GO. 6:00 STORMS INTO IOWA AND MAYBE OTHER ONES COMING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SO THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AGREEMENT BY THIS TIME. THAT’S WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS GOING TO BE. SO ANY STRONGEST STORMS ARE GOING TO BE ALONG THE COLD FRONT WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER, STRONG WINDS, ISOLATED TORNADOES, 59 AND 42. TODAY’S TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR THIS DAY. RAINFALL. NO NEED SOME. WE’RE DRY FOR THE MONTH, WE’RE DRY FOR THE YEAR AND SO HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH SEVERE WEATHER, BUT SOME BENEFICIAL RAINFALL THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. SEE THE CLOUD COVER OVER THE CITY? WE’RE DOWN TO 53 IN THE DEW POINT. STILL JUST 44. USUALLY YOU LIKE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S. IF YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, WE’RE NOT THERE YET AND IT IS SORT OF COOL HERE. OVERNIGHT BREEZE BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE AGAIN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TRY TO COME UP FROM KANSAS HERE AND YOU GET A WIDER PERSPECTIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT CLUSTER STORMS THAT IS SORT OF WORKING UP TOWARDS SOUTHWEST IOWA. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT’S LOW TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 50. WE’RE ALMOST THERE. IMPACT WEATHER WITH THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. LINGERING SHOWERS. SO WET. MAYBE FOR THE MORNING DRIVE COULD SLOW THINGS DOWN. EXPECTED TO REALLY WARM BY MIDDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON. AND THEN TURNING COLDER BY FOUR. NORTHWEST WINDS, FALLING TEMPERATURES. BUT THAT’S WHEN WE’LL SEE OUR STRONGEST STORMS AROUND THE OMAHA METRO. AND BREEZY AND QUITE CHILLY INTO SATURDAY MORNING, BUT NOT SO BAD IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN A RAPID TURNAROUND WITH STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS W