Warm, bright Thursday for Omaha area to end winter

LOCAL PROCEDURES. REENA ROY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. JUST ABOUT 1213 HERE ON YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON, STARTING WITH A GORGEOUS LOOK FROM OUR CAMERA AT 72ND IN CROWN POINT. A LITTLE TINY BIT OF HAZE IN THERE, BUT IT IS NOT AFFECTING OUR AIR QUALITY. BRIGHT SKIES, WARMTH. THOUGH THE BIGGER TALK OF THE AFTERNOON, ALREADY UP TO 73 DEGREES IN LINCOLN. 75. MARYVILLE, MISSOURI 65 HERE FOR OMAHA AND THOSE WINDS ALL STAYING LIGHT. THAT’S THE REAL WINNER. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE SHOWING QUIET CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI. AND WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT TODAY, HEADING INTO SHENANDOAH, IOWA FOR OUR COMMUNITY FORECAST, KEEPING THOSE LIGHT WINDS WITH US THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, WARM, BRIGHT 77 DEGREES HERE BY 4:00. PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT UNTIL THEN, ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE AND THE WARMTH. OUR AVERAGE HIGH 54. TODAY WE’RE SHOOTING WELL AND ABOVE THAT 82 FOR YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LINCOLN. SHENANDOAH 77. OMAHA ATLANTIC 87 TODAY AND BEATRICE FOR TONIGHT. KEEPING THINGS PRETTY MILD. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. CLEARING OUT A LITTLE BIT BY TOMORROW. ONLY DOWN TO 48 DEGREES. STILL JACKET WORTHY. BACK TO WORK AND SCHOOL TOMORROW MORNING. BUT MUCH LIKE TODAY, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SHED THOSE LAYERS. STORM PREDICTOR HEADING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON. THERE’S A COUPLE EXTRA CLOUDS AS WE HEAD ON INTO THIS EVENING. WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING. MORE SUNSHINE, MILD START, BUT THAT SUN GLARE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY WITH EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AGAIN TODAY. THE LAST DAY OF WINTER SPRING OFFICIALLY BEGINNING TOMORROW AND GREETED WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S BY SATURDAY. LOOKING TO CHALLENGE ANOTHER RECORD? WE COULD DO THAT FRIDAY, BUT BY SATURDAY FEELING MORE LIKE SUMMER HIGH OF 89 THOUGH. YES, COOLER BY YOUR SUNDAY. STILL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH OF 52. FIRE DANGER. HOWEVER, WITH THOSE WARM TEMPERATURES AND WINDS PICKING UP ON INTO THE WEEKEND, GOING TO BE VERY HIGH TO NEAR EXTREME BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. USE PRECAUTION TO AVOID ANYTHING THAT COULD START A SPARK AND CREATE A FIRE FOR YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. THOUGH REALLY NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. 77 TOP TEN POTENTIAL TODAY WITH THOSE LIGHT WINDS, BRIGHT SKIES. FEELING NICE TOMORROW 81 OUR RECORD HIGH 78. WELL WITHIN OUR REACH FOR SATURDAY 89. I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’RE GETTING CLOSE TO 90. OUR RECORD HIGHS 87 BY SUNDAY. WINDY WITH GUSTS UP TO 3040 MILES AN HOU