Warmer weather ahead around Omaha into next week

CREIGHTON IS A BIT LATER STARTING THURSDAY, MAY 14TH. GORDON WORKING FOR YOU. IT IS OUR DAUGHTER JOJO GRADUATING. SUCH A HARD WORKER THERE. DOUBLE MAJOR IN BUSINESS AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. AND WE’RE PROUD OF HER. I WONDER WHERE SHE GETS THE INTELLIGENCE. NOT FROM ME. FROM JULIE. FOR GOODNESS SAKES. WELL, THIS EVENING, WE’VE SEEN REALLY COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES DROPPING BACK IN THE 60S NOW. AND ANOTHER REALLY NICE DAY FOR BEING OUTSIDE ON FRIDAY. RAIN BE FACTOR TIME EIGHT. BEAUTIFUL FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. THERE IS JUST THE TINIEST OF CHANCES OF SPRINKLE IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN LATE IN THE DAY. BUT THERE’S ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT COULD WORK OUT. IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE TOP TEN DAYS OF THE YEAR, AS THE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE 70S FOR HIGHS, AND WE’LL GET SOME SUN. WE’VE BEEN VERY COOL RECENTLY, BUT THAT IS SET TO CHANGE. LOOK AT THIS OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER MAY 15TH TO THE 21ST, 8 TO 14 DAYS OUT. ALMOST THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WARMER THAN AVERAGE AND THE WARMEST LIKELIHOOD CENTERED RIGHT THERE OVER NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA, WETTER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS THE SOUTH, DRIER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS THE EAST. AVERAGE, PERHAPS HERE. WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME MOISTURE AS THIS DRY TREND. IT’S CONCERNING. AS YOU GET INTO MAY HERE, YOU DON’T WANT TO GET STUCK WITH A DRY STRETCH. DROUGHT CAN GET ESTABLISHED. A LITTLE BIT OF TREE POLLEN OUT THERE. NOT AS BAD AS THE LAST WEEK OR MONTH. EVEN 74 FOR THE HIGH. THAT’S THREE ABOVE THE AVERAGE 43. THE LOW. THAT’S SIX BELOW THE AVERAGE. SO WE’VE HAD A RECENT COOL STRETCH. THAT’S ALL DONE NOW. AND DRY. NO PRECIPITATION. SEE THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT DOT IN THE SKY. IF YOU HAVE A VIEW TO THE WEST. NORTHWEST IS THE PLANET VENUS VERY BRIGHT. AND THEN HIGHER UP IS THE PLANET JUPITER. THOSE TWO WILL GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT MONTH. IN APPEARANCE IN THE SKY, 61 IN OMAHA, 63 IN PLATTSMOUTH, 60. LINCOLN, 59 IN FREMONT. BUT DEW POINTS IN THE 20S. AND A LITTLE LIGHT NORTH BREEZE. THAT’S CONCERNING, AS WHEN YOU GET THESE DRY AIR MASSES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE MIDWEST, YOU JUST LOCK OUT RAIN CHANCES. NOTHING THERE TONIGHT ON SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, AND THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS TO THE WEST. BUT WITH THE AIR SO DRY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A REAL STRUGGLE TO GET ANY PRECIPITATION TO REACH THE GROUND. COMPUTER MODELS HINT AT IT THERE. SOME CLOUDS, BUT ALSO SOME SUN. PRETTY GOOD DAY TO BE OUTSIDE AND NOT TOO BREEZY EITHER. 49 THE LOW. A 20% CHANCE. MEASURABLE RAIN. THAT’S LATE TONIGHT. CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE. SOME CLOUDS AROUND TOMORROW. SOME SUN TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT AROUND 77. THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE A TOP TEN DAY. THAT’S OUR FAVORITE TEMPERATURE HERE. CHANNEL SEVEN. A 20% CHANCE OF A SHOWER ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MOTHER’S DAY SUNDAY. OH GOSH, IT LOOKS GOOD. PRETTY COOL IN THE MORNING. PRETTY NICE IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN QUITE WARM. BACK UP 80 AND ABOVE FOR HIGHS NEXT WEEK. WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO