Windy & warmer Thursday in Omaha, but that will bring a fire danger

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY HIM. IT’S CHILLY TEMPERATURES TODAY. WE’VE GOT SOME WILD SWINGS IN THE WEATHER. WARMER WINDY TOMORROW, ANOTHER SNOW CHANCE AND THEN BITTER COLD. BY THE TIME WE GET TO MONDAY. WINTER’S NOT DONE YET. RANDY FACTOR. TIME FOR THURSDAY FIVE. TOLERABLE. IT’LL BE A LOT WARMER, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE VERY WINDY. THE RED FLAG WARNING MUCH OF THE AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING. 47 AND 32. TODAY’S TEMPERATURES REALLY NOT THAT FAR FROM THE AVERAGES. AND THIS MORNING’S MOISTURE WAS MEAGER. 5/100 AT OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD. NOW, YOU KNOW, WE DID GET SOME PRETTY DECENT SNOWS OUT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF OMAHA 2.3 NORFOLK HARLAN, TWO AND A HALF ELKHORN AND BENNINGTON. THEY WERE OVER AN INCH INSIDE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, BUT REALLY MOST OF THE METRO, HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH. GRASSY SURFACES, NOT REALLY ON THE PAVEMENT, MELTED OFF. THERE’S THAT BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF DOWNTOWN FROM THE LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING, 41 WEST BREEZE. NOW, JUST AT FIVE. PRETTY TOLERABLE. 38 BLAIR 39 DEGREES COUNCIL BLUFFS, A LITTLE CHILLIER ATLANTIC, AND ALSO CRESTON, IOWA. 38 NEBRASKA CITY WINDS LIGHTER. MOST LOCATIONS. MAYBE THERE’S STILL A LITTLE SPRINKLE OVER HERE, OR AT LEAST ALOFT INTO CASS COUNTY OF IOWA, SOUTH OF ATLANTIC. YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THE OMAHA AREA. BUT THE AIR WAS SO DRY THIS EVENING. WE SAW THIS STUFF EVAPORATE AS IT MOVED IN TOWARD OMAHA BACK A LITTLE LONGER ON THE SATELLITE LOOP. AND THAT WAS OUR EARLY MORNING SNOW THAT MOVED QUICKLY OUT OF THE AREA. THERE ARE THE SPRINKLES COMING IN. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND AND POTENTIAL SNOW? THIS IS THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL. IT HAS, YOU KNOW, HALF AN INCH FOR US. BUT THE GFS COMPUTER MODEL NOW IT HAS TWO AND A HALF FOR US AND TEN IN DES MOINES. SO BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE COMPUTER MODELS HERE. IF THAT VERIFIED IT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE TREACHEROUS FOR TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL IS RIGHT. NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE WINDY AND A LOT COLDER. THERE’S SOME CLOUD COVER TOMORROW AND THEN REALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS. SO THAT’S OUR FOCUS FOR THURSDAY. THE HIGH FIRE DANGER WITH THE WIND 28. THE LOW TONIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PRETTY CHILLY. AND I MEAN IT’S NOT GOING TO BE NICE. MIDDAY. IT WILL BE WINDY. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S STILL PRETTY CHILLY. BUT YOU GET UP INTO THE UPPER 60S. THAT’S STILL PRETTY MILD IMPACT WEATHER BECAUSE OF THE WIND. 50 ON FRIDAY. QUITE BREEZY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GETS BREEZY AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND MORE CLOUDS AROUND. AND THEN THERE’S SUNDAY. THAT ARROW DOWN. THAT MEANS THAT THAT HIGH TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE IN THE MORNING. THAT 40 WILL BE PROBABLY OUR TEMPERATURE AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING. WE COULD BE IN THE UPPER 20S BY 6:00 IN THE EVENING ON SUNDAY, AND THEN REALLY COLD MONDAY SUCH A FLUCTUATION THIS WEEK. IT’S