Warm Wednesday, snow possible Thursday for Omaha area

AND MOST OF THOSE DAYS IT’S BEEN IN THE 60S AND A FEW DAYS IN THE 70S. BUT GET READY. WINTER WILL RETURN. WE’VE GOT IMPACT WEATHER FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH A ROUND OF SNOW LIKELY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO HERE’S THE THINKING RIGHT NOW. THURSDAY AFTERNOON SNOW CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE HEAD THREE, FOUR, FIVE, 6:00 INTO THE EVENING. THE BIGGEST QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL LINE UP, AND THAT WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH WE’LL SEE AND THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT WE’LL SEE, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROADWAYS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. SO RIGHT NOW, FORECASTING THE OMAHA METRO BETWEEN 1 AND 3IN WITH THAT HEAVIER BAND AND HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST OFF TO THE NORTH. SO HERE’S THAT LATEST SNOW FORECAST 3 TO 6IN REALLY AROUND DAVID CITY BLAIR UP TOWARD CARROLL INTO THE NORTH, INCLUDING TEKAMAH NORFOLK AREA, 1 TO 3IN AROUND THE I-80 CORRIDOR, AND THEN A LOT LESS DOWN SOUTH. SO THAT’S WHERE WE’RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT WE’LL BE WATCHING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS IF WE SEE A SHIFT WHERE THAT HEAVY SNOW BAND LINES UP, BUT JUST PLAN FOR IMPACTS FOR THE EVENING DRIVE ON THURSDAY. TODAY WE’LL SEE THE IMPACTS AGAIN OF DRY, BREEZY AND WARM CONDITIONS TODAY. THAT RED FLAG WARNING JUST NORTH AND EAST OF THE OMAHA METRO. MOST OF SOUTHWEST IOWA INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SO CONTINUE TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF BURNING. WITH THAT HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER, YOU CAN SEE THE BREEZE BLOWING FROM THE FLAG THERE ON THE RIVERFRONT FROM OUR EMBASSY SUITES OLD MARKET SKYCAM 50 DEGREES. ANOTHER INCREDIBLY MILD MORNING WEST BREEZE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20MPH. LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES OUT THE DOOR, MOST IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S HOLDING ON TO 50 IN OMAHA AND DOWN IN FALLS CITY. THAT WEST WIND. RIGHT NOW MOST SPOTS 15 TO 20MPH. WE’LL SEE THOSE GUSTS 20 TO 30 MOST OF THE DAY AND THEN CALMING AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING. SO ENJOY ONE MORE SPRING LIKE DAY HERE ON THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. GOOD DAY TO HAVE THE WINDBREAKER. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, 40 IN THE MORNING. WE’LL SPEND MOST OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE LOW TO MID 60S, WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS MOVING IN, BUT AGAIN, OUR LAST DAY FOR A WHILE WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES THIS WARM, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, WE’LL SEE AMPLE SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF THE DAY. THERE’S THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT ALL THE WIND YESTERDAY. SEE RAIN AND SNOW UP INTO THE DAKOTAS, NORTHERN MINNESOTA, OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER, MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST. SO STILL, A WHILE BEFORE WE SEE ANY PRECIPITATION. SO LET’S WALK THROUGH LATEST STORM PREDICTOR SUNSHINE TODAY BY NOON MID TO UPPER 50S A FEW MORE AFTERNOON CLOUDS. HIGHS LOW TO MID 60S FOR MOST BY AROUND 4:00. NOW OVERNIGHT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL SHOWING A LOT MORE RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. NOW I THINK DRY AIR WINS OUT IN THE MORNING, SO THE MORNING DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION, I THINK WE ARE MAINLY DRY. AND WHAT WE’LL WATCH AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, LIKELY SEEING SNOW REALLY DEVELOP NORTH OF I-80. STARTING IN THE OMAHA METRO AND THEN PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND THIS MODEL SHOWING THAT HEAVIER SNOW BAND LINING UP WHERE WE HAVE THAT 3 TO 6 INCH FORECAST RIGHT NOW. SO PLAN FOR SNOW FALLING DURING THE EVENING DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING, THE AMOUNT OF SNOW COMING DOWN COULD OVERCOME THAT, SO STILL COULD HAVE SOME SLICK ROADS THROUGH THE EVENING DRIVE. SIX 7:00, CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT BEFORE THINGS START TO TAPER OFF. SO PLAN FOR INCREASING CHANCES TO SEE THAT SNOW AS WE HEAD LATER IN THE DAY THURSDAY, AND THEN THE COLD SETTLING IN. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOWS IN THE TEENS. HIGH