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Two rounds of storms later Thursday night and Friday evening
Spring thunderstorms in the forecast
METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. WELL, JUST CONTINUING WITH THE GRAY SKIES IN THE GLOOMY CONDITIONS. SO UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY, WE DON’T HAVE MUCH SUNSHINE THERE. THURSDAY A DIFFERENT STORY. YOU’LL GET SOME SUNSHINE THERE IN THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL WARM UP INTO THE 60S, BUT THEN WE’LL WATCH FOR STORM CHANCES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AND THEN ANOTHER RISK, A SLIGHTLY STRONGER RISK OF STORMS COMING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOME CAVEATS THERE. OR A CONDITIONAL THREAT WILL SAY, WE’RE GOING TO WATCH THE COLD FRONT COME THROUGH THE TIMING ON THAT, AS WELL AS HOW QUICK DO THESE STORMS CLEAR OUT ON THURSDAY NIGHT, IF WE GET SUNSHINE BREAKING UP THE CLOUDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE COULD HAVE SOME STRONGER STORMS THERE. SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. HERE’S A LOOK OUTSIDE. LOOK AT EMBASSY SUITES DOWNTOWN. LOOK AT THE FLAGS. NOT WHIPPING AROUND MUCH, BUT YOU SEE THE LOW CLOUDS AND THE GRAY SKIES. PROBABLY NOT GOING ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SO COUNT ON GREAT CONDITIONS. 43 DEGREES. NORTHEAST WIND ONLY THREE MILES PER HOUR. AGAIN, VERY LIGHT TEMPERATURES. 40S. AREA WIDE. LOW 40S. MID 40S. I DON’T THINK WE’LL BUDGE MUCH MORE FOR THE AFTERNOON. UPPER 40S. I THINK WE HAVE 47 GOING FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, SO NOT NECESSARILY A WARM DAY FOR US SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY. CLOUDS ARE AROUND AND I THINK THAT STAYS THAT WAY EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. AND INTO YOUR THURSDAY MORNING, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG FORM. AND LATE THIS EVENING WE WILL SEE SOME CLEARING IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. BUT FOR OMAHA, WE MAY JUST BE STUCK WITH THE CLOUDS. WE’LL WATCH FOR A SHOWER AS WELL IN IOWA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE FOG AGAIN PROBABLY DISSIPATING BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SO THERE’S YOUR SUNSHINE. YOU GET AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF IT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WE’LL CALL IT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND THEN MORE CLOUDS AHEAD OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM COMING IN. AND THIS WOULD BE ROUND NUMBER ONE. SO WE’RE TALKING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS ONE HAS A LOWER SEVERE THREAT. NOW. ROUND TWO WILL BE DEPICTED ON HOW QUICKLY THE CLOUDS CLEAR OUT AND BREAK UP FROM ROUND ONE. SO IF YOU GET INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND YOU START SEEING THE SUN PEEK BETWEEN THE CLOUDS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS, THAT COULD MEAN STRONGER STORMS, ESPECIALLY IF THIS FRONT COMES THROUGH A LITTLE BIT LATER. IF THE FRONT COMES THROUGH LATER IN THE DAY, IT WILL GIVE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE TIME TO DESTABILIZE, AND THEN STRONGER STORMS COULD FORM ALONG THAT FRONT. AND THAT’S WHAT THIS COMPUTER MODEL IS DEPICTING. SO WE GOT TO WATCH FRIDAY EVENING, THE CLOSEST WHEN IT COMES TO STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS THE THURSDAY NIGHT RISK. IT’S A MARGINAL ONE OUT OF FIVE FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. SO A LOWER MESSAGING FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER, A HIGHER MESSAGING FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS THE SLIGHT AND ENHANCED RISK FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST SIDE OF OUR VIEWING AREA, BUT MOSTLY TOWARDS KANSAS CITY. THAT WOULD BE FOR THE ROUND COMING ON FRIDAY, SO WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH THOSE TWO TIME FRAMES CLOSELY. BUT CLOSER WATCH ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. HERE’S YOUR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AGAIN, WE’RE LOCKED INTO THE 40S. WE GOT GLOOMY SKIES AND THAT’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, 37 DEGREES THE LOW, WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG FORM IN EASTERN NEBRASKA BRIEFLY, AND THEN HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW, ABOUT 62 DEGREES AND A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE THERE IN THE AFTERNOON. SO THAT’LL BE NICE. THURSDAY, FRIDAY OUR IMPACT WEATHER DAYS. THEY ARE WARMER. BOTH THOSE DAYS. THESE ARE MORE SPRING TYPE STORMS THAT WE’RE FORECASTING AGAIN ONE ROUND THURSDAY NIGHT. AND IF THAT ROUND CLEARS OUT QUICKLY INTO FRIDAY MORNING, WE GET SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. WE GET SOME SUNSHINE. WE’LL WATCH THAT FRONT COME THROUGH LATER IN THE DAY, AND STORMS COULD SPARK ON THAT FRONT LATE ON FRIDAY. SO WE’LL WATCH THOSE TWO TIME FRAMES AND THEN WE’RE COOLER BEHIND THOSE SYSTEMS. GOT TO TURN THE CLOCKS FORWARD AN HOUR. WE LOSE AN HOUR OF SLEEP THERE ON SATURDAY NIG
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Two rounds of storms later Thursday night and Friday evening
Spring thunderstorms in the forecast
Omaha’s Weather Leader is tracking an opportunity for spring like thunderstorms. Meteorologist Luke Vickery gives you the timeline in the forecast you trust. With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.
Omaha’s Weather Leader is tracking an opportunity for spring like thunderstorms. Meteorologist Luke Vickery gives you the timeline in the forecast you trust.
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With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.
