Warmer days ahead in Omaha

METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. WELL, IT IS A COLDER DAY OUTSIDE TODAY, BUT WE’RE GETTING A COUPLE PEEKS OF SUNSHINE HERE AROUND THE NOON HOUR. BUT IT’S NOT WARMING US UP MUCH. A LOT OF IT’S BECAUSE OF THE NORTHEAST BREEZE WE HAVE THAT’S RUNNING OVER A LOT OF SNOWPACK, AND THAT COOLS THE AIR A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO RADAR, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU CAN SEE MAYBE WHAT’S FLURRIES WHICH IS WHAT THE RADAR SUGGESTING. BUT AS THIS GETS CLOSER TO THE RADAR FIZZLING OUT A LITTLE MORE, IT COULD BE EVAPORATING BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND WITH SOME DRY AIR BELOW THE BASE OF THOSE THICKER CLOUDS THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE OVERHEAD. LET’S TIME IT OUT FOR YOU ON STORM PREDICTOR HERE. THIS IS THE NOON HOUR. NOW WE’RE AT 3:00. MAYBE A COUPLE SPRINKLES TRYING TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. AND FOR SNOW, I MEAN DENISON CARROLL, HARLAN, MAYBE ATLANTIC. THOSE ARE THE AREAS MAYBE BETWEEN, WE’LL SAY FOUR, SIX, 7:00 WHERE YOU COULD GET MAYBE SOME LIGHT SNOW OUT OF THIS, AND THAT’S THE SAME TIME FRAME. WE COULD GET A COUPLE SPRINKLES OR LIGHT DRIZZLE HERE IN THE OMAHA AREA, BUT IT CLEARS OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY. LATE THIS EVENING WE’LL GET CLEAR SKIES. THERE’S 11:00 AND THAT’S WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP A LITTLE MORE. AND BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP ON YOUR THURSDAY MORNING, WE COULD BE IN THE 20S OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT, HERE’S THE SNOW FORECAST, THOUGH. WE’VE ONLY EDGED THIS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST. AGAIN. IF YOU LIVE IN ATLANTIC CARROLL TEKAMAH, YOU COULD GET VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. BUT FOR OMAHA, IF ANY SNOWFLAKES MIX IN, THESE ARE GOING TO MELT AS THEY HIT THE GROUND AND THE SNOW WE GOT FROM THURSDAY, YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT SNOWPACK ON THE GROUND AS WE LOOK TOWARDS BENSON GOLF COURSE FROM OUR CROWN POINT SKYCAM. AND AGAIN, WITH THAT NORTHEAST BREEZE OR THAT EASTERLY BREEZE THAT’S DRAGGING IN THE AIR, THAT’S RUNNING OVER THAT SNOW, WHICH COOLS IT OFF A LITTLE MORE. SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE AT 36 DEGREES. DESPITE GETTING SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE HERE THIS EARLY AFTERNOON WHERE THERE’S NOT SNOW ON THE GROUND THOUGH, BEATRICE FALLS CITY MARYVILLE, CLOSER TO THE 50 DEGREE MARK. SO A BIG SPREAD ACROSS THE BOARD AND YOU CAN EXTEND THAT EVEN FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THROUGH AN AREA LIKE MASON CITY IN IOWA OR SIOUX FALLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE THEY’RE IN THE 20S RIGHT NOW. SO A HUGE SPREAD IN JUST MAYBE, SAY, 300 MILES THERE OF WHAT THE WEATHER FEELS LIKE. YOU COULD GO FROM SPRING TO WINTER HERE, THERE’S THE CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH AND THE WEST, AND THIS SYSTEM THAT’S PARKED OUT ON THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO GIVE US OUR RAIN CHANCE LATER ON THIS EVENING. BUT AGAIN, WHATEVER WE GET IS GOING TO BE VERY MINIMAL. AND WE COULD NOT GET ANYTHING BUT SPRINKLES HERE. THEN A WARM FRONT KIND OF PASSES NORTH OF US ON THURSDAY, AND THAT WILL USHER IN THE WARM AIR, THE SUNSHINE AND THEN THE TEMPERATURES THAT FINALLY BOUNCE BACK INTO THE 60S. AND THEN MAYBE WE’RE TALKING NEAR 70 BY FRIDAY. YOUR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST AGAIN FOR FIVE, 6:00. WE’LL WATCH FOR SOME SPRINKLES. JUST A 30% CHANCE OF THAT. THE LOW TEMPERATURE TONIGHT OF 26 DEGREES. THAT’S THE SKIES CLEARING OUT AND THE TEMPERATURES EVENTUALLY DROPPING THERE. AND THEN A HIGH TEMPERATURE TOMORROW. I’M TELLING YOU, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE 60 DEGREE MARK. IT MAY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SNOW WE MELT THIS AFTERNOON. IF WE MELT A LOT OF SNOW, THEN I THINK WE’RE WARMER TOMORROW WHERE WE COULD HIT 60 DEGREES. AND THAT WOULD MEAN ON FRIDAY, MAYBE WE GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO 70 DEGREES OUTSIDE. EITHER WAY, THE WARM DAYS FULL OF SUNSHINE GET OUT AND ABSORB THOSE BECAUSE SATURDAY COMES IN A LITTLE BIT COOLER. SUNDAY. NOW WE HAVE A SNOW CHANCE IN THE FORECAST. SO I MEAN THE PICK DAYS FOR SURE. PETE