Warm and breezy Wednesday, severe storms possible Thursday in Omaha area

AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTDOOR PLANS, ESPECIALLY SECOND HALF OF THE DAY TOMORROW, HAVE TO STAY WEATHER AWARE. IT IS A SEVERE WEATHER DAY WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE REALLY AFTER 3:00. AND HERE IN THE OMAHA METRO, OUR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY REALLY LOOKS LIKE TO BE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 P.M. WHEN STORMS INITIATE ALL MODE. SEVERE WEATHER IN PLAY CAN’T RULE OUT TORNADO 60 PLUS MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS AND VERY LARGE HAIL. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TURN MORE INTO A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. AS WE CONTINUE TOWARDS SUNSET AND THEREAFTER. SO STORM PREDICTION CENTER STILL HAS THAT SLIGHT RISK, REALLY. YORK DAVID CITY TO THE EAST. IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE POSITIONING OF THAT COLD FRONT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO HERE’S THE LATEST STORM PREDICTOR, OUR IN-HOUSE MODEL SHOWING 7:00 IN THE MORNING STARTING OFF CLOUDY SPOTTY SHOWERS POSSIBLE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ATMOSPHERE, LIKELY CAPS. THAT’S GOING TO PREVENT ANY STORM GROWTH INITIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THREE 4:00. THAT FRONT JUST WEST OF OMAHA, THIS MODEL BLOWS UP THOSE STORMS 4 OR 5:00. SO SOME OF THESE COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THERE’S 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 SEVERE POTENTIAL. IF WE GET ANY OF THESE LINE SEGMENTS, THAT WOULD INDICATE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. THIS WOULD BE PUSHING THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN IOWA. AND THEN BY EIGHT, NINE, 10:00, BIG SQUALL LINE GETS GOING, PUSHING INTO CENTRAL IOWA. SO AGAIN, THAT 3 TO 7 WINDOW IN THE METRO. AND THEN AS WE GET TOWARD AND AFTER SUNSET, THAT DAMAGING WIND THREAT LOOKS LIKE HEADING OUT FOR OUR IOWA COUNTY. SO AGAIN, HAVE TO HAVE WAYS TO GET ALERTS IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT TOMORROW. WE’RE TALKING SCHOOL DISMISSAL TIME, THE EVENING DRIVE, RAIN POTENTIAL WITH THAT MODEL HAS THOSE STORMS MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO STILL HINTING AT SEVERAL SPOTS, PICKING UP MAYBE HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH, MAYBE ISOLATED SPOTS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT REALLY FOCUSING LINCOLN OMAHA INTO THE EAST, THE SPOTS THAT NEED IT THE MOST, WHERE WE HAVE THE WORST DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WELL, OFF TO THE WEST, LOOKS LIKE THAT FRONT WILL BE THROUGH TOO QUICKLY AND MISS OUT ON MOST OF THAT NEEDED RAINFALL. RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE FAIRLY QUIET. A COUPLE CLOUDS AROUND TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S HERE TO START OFF OUR WEDNESDAY WE’RE AT 64 RIGHT NOW, ALMOST 62 FREMONT 61 IN COLUMBUS HAVE THAT SOUTH BREEZE RIGHT NOW, 5 TO 15MPH. AND WE’LL SEE THOSE GUSTS 20 30MPH MOST OF THE DAY. SO YOU CAN SEE FLAG BLOWING THERE. THERE’S I-80 NEAR GILES ROAD FOR EMBASSY SUITES LA VISTA SKYCAM 64 DEGREES, DEW POINTS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER TODAY, A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE IN THE AIR IN THE 50S RIGHT NOW. SO 12 HOUR FORECAST, MAYBE A WINDBREAKER OR MAYBE GO WITHOUT THE JACKET AS WE’LL SEE MORE SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONGER WIND STILL GETTING THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON. AND FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. OTHERWISE MAYBE A FEW SPOTS ONLY TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 70S. SO STILL NICE DAY TO GET OUTSIDE BEFORE WE SEE THAT SEVERE POTENTIAL TOMORROW, THEN COOLING DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND. A LITTLE UNSETTL