To Cold To Type

Here are some temperatures from Tuesday morning.

Broken Bow –4
Chadron –16 (Nebraska’s Coldest)
Lexington –6
McCook –3
North Platte –8
Ogallala –4
Thedford –6
Valentine –15


Tuesday morning, wind chill readings at times reached –30, and a wind chill advisory was in effect Tuesday morning for areas north of Highway 2, with the bitter cold temperatures, winds in excess of 10 mph and fresh snow cover. Temperatures somewhat recovered into the upper teens and lower 20s Tuesday afternoon.

Another storm system is on its way Tuesday night into Wednesday. This will bring us another chance of snow. Accumulations will be less than an inch, but we will have winds. At times Wednesday morning, winds may gust up to 40 mph. With the fresh snow cover on the ground and the possible strong winds on the way, a Blowing Snow Advisory has been issued for Eastern Cherry County from 3am-6pm (CST) Wednesday. If you have any travel plans on U.S. 83 north of Thedford toward Valentine, please use caution as visibilities may drop due to the strong winds and blowing snow.

Behind this system, temperatures do not go anywhere. Highs will be struggling to get close to 20. Wind chill readings will be near zero or below. Thursday morning temperatures will once again be below zero for everyone. The good news is the winds will be light. So I don’t think 30 below wind chills will be a factor.

We start to head in the right direction on after the bitter cold start on Thursday. Highs will be near 30 on Thursday, 34 on Friday and near 40 on Saturday and Sunday.

We also have a slight chance of snow on Friday night, and then a rain snow mix on Sunday. Winters chill returns Monday.