Warmer, bright Thursday afternoon for Omaha area

COMING DAYS. PERRY RUSSOM, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. RIGHT. SKIES HERE FOR THE LUNCH HOUR. TEMPERATURES STARTING TO WARM UP A BIT TOO. WE DO HAVE THE CHANCE FOR SOME BREEZY WINDS LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER, STARTING WITH A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. DOWNTOWN, 51 DEGREES IN OMAHA, 60 AT LINCOLN, JUST SHY OF 60 AT 58 NORFOLK AND COOLER ATLANTIC AT 43 DEGREES. WINDS RIGHT NOW A LITTLE BIT WESTERLY, THOUGH. THEY’RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME OUT OF THE SOUTH, SOME MORE OUT OF THE NORTH, UP TO ABOUT 5 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR GUSTS POSSIBLE TODAY, UP TO 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE STILL LOOKING CLEAR FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. AND KEEP THE SHADES WITH YOU ESPECIALLY FOR THAT DRIVE HOME. WE’LL KEEP OUR CLEAR SKIES WITH US THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. NO IMPACT WEATHER TODAY AGAIN, FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE SPRING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN OMAHA. MID 50S THOUGH FEW OF US BACK INTO THE LOWER 60S. TOMORROW LOOKS EVEN WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES HERE FOR THIS EVENING. OUR HIGHS TODAY AGAIN ALREADY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE. WE’RE GOING TO SHOOT ABOVE AVERAGE IN LINCOLN ALREADY AT 6058 NORFOLK 56 MID 50S HERE FOR OMAHA AND 55 THIS AFTERNOON IN ATLANTIC. HERE FOR TONIGHT MAINTAINING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BUT CHILLY TEMPERATURES DOWN TO FREEZING 32 DEGREES. WITH THOSE WINDS BECOMING MORE LIGHT AND VARIABLE HEADING INTO STORM PREDICTOR. REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. STILL QUIET YOUR DRIVE HOME 630 SHOULD NOT SEE ANYTHING INTERFERING WITH YOUR COMMUTE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. REMAINING MOSTLY CLEAR SUNSHINE TOMORROW WILL MEAN MORE OF THAT SUN GLARE FOR YOUR MORNING DRIVE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STILL MOSTLY SUNNY, EVEN WARMER. HOWEVER, HEADING ON INTO THE WEEKEND, SEEING INCREASING CHANCES FOR SNOW. AND THAT’S COMING NOW. ON SUNDAY. 50% CHANCE THERE AND WE COULD PICK UP TO AN INCH UP. BUT MOST OF THE FORECAST MODELS A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH. SO WE’RE MONITORING THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY, LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE HEADING ON INTO NEXT WEEK. 20% CHANCE FOR THAT MIX ON MONDAY, 20% CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY 46 DEGREES AND IMPACT WEATHER RETURNING WEDNESDAY A HIGH OF 49 WITH NOW A 50% CHANCE FOR RAIN TODAY. TOMORROW FEELING MORE LIKE SPRING MID 50S TODAY, MID UPPER 60S TOMORROW WITH SOME OF THOSE BREEZY WINDS, BUT AGAIN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON SUNDAY.