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Warm, breezy Thursday afternoon for Omaha area

Warmer temperatures, breezy winds Thursday afternoon before slightly cooler temperatures move in to end the week. The risk for ice jam flooding is elevated through the weekend.

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Warm, breezy Thursday afternoon for Omaha area

ONGOING THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. HEADING OUT TO LUNCH TODAY, BUT BREEZY, BUT TEMPERATURES MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE STARTING NOW WITH A LIVE VIEW OUT FOR OUR FRIENDS IN PAPILLION HIGHWAY 370 AT 72ND STREET FROM THE COBALT CREDIT UNION HEADQUARTERS. STILL SEEING A FEW CLOUDS OUT IN THE SKY. WE’LL KEEP THAT MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS IN THROUGH YOUR AFTERNOON. 49 RIGHT NOW OMAHA 59 LINCOLN. VERY COMFORTABLE. DEFINITELY COOLER ON THE IOWA NORTHWEST MISSOURI SIDE. UPPER 40S ATLANTIC AND MARYVILLE. MID 50S. NOW IN NORFOLK WHERE WE’RE GETTING GUSTS UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. WE’LL KEEP IT BREEZY THROUGH YOUR AFTERNOON GUSTS 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE. STILL LOOKING PRETTY QUIET. STILL SEEING A FEW OF THESE CLOUDS. AS MENTIONED OUT ON THE IOWA SIDE WHERE WE ARE A BIT COOLER, MORE SUNSHINE SOUTHWEST OF THE OMAHA METRO, BUT WE’LL KEEP THAT MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THROUGHOUT YOUR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TODAY, AS WE’VE ALREADY SEEN MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND ABOVE AVERAGE 57 TODAY. OMAHA TEKAMAH 60 COLUMBUS ALREADY GETTING CLOSE TO THE LOWER 60S IN LINCOLN AND 55 THIS AFTERNOON IN SHENANDOAH. CARROLL STILL ABOVE AVERAGE UP TO 49 TONIGHT. SKIES STAYING MOSTLY CLEAR, BUT NOT QUITE AS CHILLY. 36 ARE LOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BECOMING BREEZY AGAIN OVERNIGHT IN THE WEE MORNING. HOURS OF YOUR FRIDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FRIDAY. STORM PREDICTOR NOW HEADING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE BECOMING CLEAR SKIES BY 630. THOSE CLOUDS SLOWLY INCREASE A LITTLE BIT BY TOMORROW MORNING, LOOKING MOSTLY CLOUDY, STILL DRY FOR YOUR FRIDAY. BREEZY AND NOT QUITE AS WARM, BUT OVERALL WARMER THAN WE HAVE BEEN AND ABOVE AVERAGE. WE’LL KEEP IT MILD, AT LEAST FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING TO THE MID 50S FOR YOUR SUNDAY. LOOKING DRY. BUT WITH THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES NOW SEEING A FLOOD WATCH ISSUED PRIMARILY ALONG THE PLATTE, ELKHORN AND LOUP RIVERS UNTIL 10 P.M. ON MONDAY. THAT’S COMING WITH THAT HIGHER RISK FOR ICE JAMS, ICE THICKNESS, SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. WE’LL WATCH THAT BREAK APART STEAM STREAM FLOW STILL LOW, BUT WITH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS LOOKING WARM, WE DO EXPECT SOME MOVEMENT OF THAT ICE ON OUR AREA. RIVERS. NO FLOODING HERE RIGHT NOW, IF ANYTHING. STILL A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE. OMAHA SEVEN DAY FORECAST. LOOKING VERY COMFORTABLE. NOW YOU HEARD US MENTION AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW POTENTIAL FOR RECORD WARMTH THAT’S COMING ON MONDAY. FORECAST HIGH OF 66. OUR RECORD HERE IN OMAHA 63 NOW

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Warmer temperatures, breezy winds Thursday afternoon before slightly cooler temperatures move in to end the week. The risk for ice jam flooding is elevated through the weekend along the Platte, Loup and Elkhorn Rivers. 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.

Warmer temperatures, breezy winds Thursday afternoon before slightly cooler temperatures move in to end the week. The risk for ice jam flooding is elevated through the weekend along the Platte, Loup and Elkhorn Rivers.

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.

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Omaha, US
3:50 am, Mar 20, 2026
temperature icon 56°F
clear sky
51 %
1012 mb
9 mph
Wind Gust 24 mph
Clouds 7%
Visibility 6 mi
Sunrise 7:27 am
Sunset 7:35 pm

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