Windy, cooler Friday for Omaha area

DOWN, BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE UP EXCEPT FOR TODAY. THEY’RE GOING BACK DOWN TODAY. I KNOW WE’RE SPOILED 60S YESTERDAY, BUT REALLY JUST THE EBB AND FLOW UP AND DOWN HERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. BUT IT IS FEBRUARY, SO EACH DAY FAIRLY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN PLAN FOR AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. TODAY THE NORTH WINDS PICKING UP ALREADY THIS MORNING AND COMING OFF A DAY WHERE MANY WERE IN THE 60S. IT’S GOING TO FEEL A LOT COOLER, BUT STILL A MILD STRETCH THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S STAYING DRY AND LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY THAT WE’LL SEE RECORD HIGHS FALL ON MONDAY. SOME SPOTS COULD SEE TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S, SO OMAHA. I THINK THE BEST CHANCE TO BREAK THE RECORD ON MONDAY, JUST BECAUSE OUR STANDING RECORD IS 63 DEGREES FORECASTING RIGHT NOW. 67 LINCOLN. I THINK THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S, WHICH WOULD BE A RECORD HIGH AND STILL POSSIBLE RECORD HIGH IN NORFOLK WITH THOSE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S POSSIBLY SNEAKING UP NEAR 70. SO UNBELIEVABLE WARMTH HERE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ON THE WAY. AND WITH THAT STILL WATCHING OUT FOR ICE JAM POTENTIAL ON AREA RIVERS, FLOOD WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE PLATTE, ELKHORN AND LOUP RIVERS SO HAVE TO WATCH THAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW, NO IMMINENT THREAT OF ANY ICE JAMS OR ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, VERY QUIET WEATHER CLEAR. RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT SOME CLOUDS UP NORTH THAT WILL BE DRIFTING IN THROUGH THE MORNING AND BRING IN A BIT COOLER AIR AS WE SEE THE NORTH WIND BLOWING. AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR SKYCAM. THAT FLAG MOVING THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE 46. UNBELIEVABLY MILD START THIS MORNING, BUT THAT NORTH WIND SUSTAINED RIGHT NOW 25MPH MAKING IT FEEL LIKE THE 30S CURRENTLY IN THE METRO AREA. SO TEMPERATURES LOW TO MID 40S, GUSTS 25 TO 35MPH RIGHT NOW, GUSTING 36 AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD. AND THAT WIND IS GOING TO KEEP UP, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. AND IT’S STILL BREEZY, THOUGH NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EVEN AFTER THE SUN COMES UP. EXPECT TEMPERATURES UPPER 30S AROUND 40 MIDDLE OF THE MORNING WITH MORE CLOUDS AND THEN MORE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. BUT AGAIN, WITH THE WIND STILL GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE 30S MOST OF THE DAY. SO WINDBREAKER? YES, POSSIBLY THE HEAVIER JACKET FOR A FEW HOURS. SO HERE’S STORM PREDICTOR BY 4:00 EXPECTING THE CLOUDS TO THIN OUT A BIT IF YOU’VE GOT ANY FRIDAY EVENING PLANS AGAIN, DON’T FORGET THE JACKET WILL COOL OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY. 30S THERE BY SEVEN 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING. STARTING OFF CHILLY IN THE LOW TO MID 20S, WE PICK UP MORE OF A SOUTH BREEZE, BUT EXPECTING TO SEE MORE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL, SO THAT WILL LIMIT OUR HEATING POTENTIAL. STILL EXPECTING TO SEE THOSE HIGHS AGAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S BEFORE WE SEE MORE OF A WARM UP ON SUNDAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GOING TO FEEL FANTASTIC. THERE’S OUR RECORD WARMTH ON MONDAY AND THEN WE’LL TREND BACK DOWN INTO THE 40S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER. BUT RIGHT NOW, FOR THE MOST PART, WE’RE LOOKING DRY AS WELL.