One system moving out

And the next one is moving in. But the good news is that this one won’t have as much of a punch as the last one that brought a half a foot of snow to Northern Nebraska. Clouds will be on the increase through out the day Wednesday. I have a slight chance of rain or snow in the forecast west of North Platte. Highs will be in the 40s with a NE wind 10-20mph.

Thursday and Friday will bring dry conditions with highs in the 50s. Saturday and Sunday looks stormy, just what type of precipitation will be the question be and will iron out all those details as we head towards the weekend.

Thomas

Snow, Snow and More Snow...

Especially in Northern Nebraska, by Tuesday Afternoon up to 6 to 12 inches of snow is possible north of HWY 2. Between HWYS 2 and 92 I am looking for about 3-6 inches of snow and for the rest of the area including the city of North Platte I am looking at a dusting to 3 inches. Travel is not advised north of HWY 2 Monday night and Tuesday.

For the latest warnings and advisories… please see the bottom right hand side of the weather page.

Thomas

Blizzard Moving Into Kansas...

The strong winter storm that has brought heavy snow to NE Colorado will move to the SE towards KS. For Nebraska when the storm as wraps up iam looking at about 3-5" for exterme Southwest Nebraska... But cold air will being to flood in Thursday and Friday. Making it a winter like feel for the last Friday in March.

Temps warm up for the weekend, but another possible winter storm takes aim at us on Monday.

Thomas

More Winter Weather On The Way...

Winter Storm Watches and Warnings are in effect for the area, please make sure you check the bottom right hand part of the weather page.

Snow and wind will be in the increase Thursday afternoon. Especially south and west of North Platte where this area is going to take the brunt of this snow storm. Winds will also be on the increase as well, creating blizzard or near blizzard conditions Thursday Afternoon and Night south and west of North Platte. Travel to Denver or to Kansas will be Hazdarous. Please be on the lookout for possible freeway closings Thursday Night, especially in Colorado.

When its all said and done iam looking for about 2-5" in North Platte, with 6" or higher South and West... In the sandhills where you took the brunt of the last storm, snowfall should be less then 2"

Thomas

Is it Spring ?

Snow and wind should be calming down as we head into Tuesday night. It will be cold though with lows in the teens and 20s. Wednesday, the first part of the day will bring partly sunny skies, then as we head into the afternoon hours Wednesday clouds will be on the increase out ahead of the next storm system. Wednesday night brings a slight chance of snow into the forecast. Thursday and Friday brings snow and cold with some snowfall accumulations possible, especially towards Kansas. Cold air will flood in here Friday and it will not feel like spring.

Thomas

Overnight Forecast

Snow and windy conditions will effect the area through the overnight, travel will be dangerous in the sandhills with the snow and the wind.

Thomas

Notice A difference?

Oo Ya! Temps have dived into the 30s and snow has begun in some areas. Im looking for about 6-10'' of snow in the NW sandhills with 2-5" around the Stapleton and about a dusting to 2" in the snadhills

Thomas

Several Tornado Warnings

Eastern Nebraska is starting to light up with several tornado warnings.

Thomas

Rain/Snow Line...

The rain/snow line is appox. right along the hwy 61 cordoor. 3-6" of snow has allready been reported in parts of the Panhandle.

other notes include, hail covering the ground at york and a semi blowin over near Phillips. a strong line of storms are going through Eastern Nebraska as we speak.

Thomas

985mb

Strong low pressure of 985mb right overhead appx located in Western Lincoln Co. Out ahead of it, a thin line of storms has developed near the Tryon area.

Thomas

Snow!

3-6" of snow has allready been reported in some parts of the panhandle

Thomas

Confrimed Tornado

On the ground near brownlee for a couple mins.

Thomas

Tornado Warning!

South Central Cherry County until 2:45pm. This does include the Brownlee Area. Go to you tornado safe-spot right now!

Severe T-Storm Warning

Southcentral Cherry County including Brownlee through 2pm.

Thomas

Cold Air Coming In!

Winds have allready fliped around to the north/northwest at Ogallala and Imperial. And they are screaming to the tone of 40mph with gusts up to 60mph. Snow is not that far behind with snow allready starting to fly in Garden, Deuel and Sheridan counties. Blizzard conditons will be felt in these areas in the next hour or so.

Thomas

Tornado Watch

A tornado watch is in effect for roughly areas east of HWY 83. In these areas, there is a threat for large hail, damaging winds and possibly tornados. Please stay tuned to KNOP-TV News 2 and Knopnews2.com for the lastest weather updates.

Ill blog a little more later, as we do have double threat today with a blizzard and a tornado threat.

Thomas

Mega March Storm

Everything you can think of weather wise will effect us through Tuesday afternoon. Including snow, and severe weather. Iam going to start with the severe weather side of things. We will have a few shots of severe weather. Including Sunday Night, Monday Morning and Monday afternoon east of HWY 83. The severe threats include large hail and damaging winds Sunday Night... Monday morning and early Monday Afternoon the same threats mention above will be with us, but starting Monday AM we bring a slight tornado threat into the mix.

Now to the winter side of things, rain will start changing to snow in the panhandle early Monday afternoon. Then the rain snow line will slowly move east. Up to a foot of snow is possible north and northwest of Arthur and Mullen with lesser amounts towards North Platte through Tuesday Afternoon.

Winds will also be an issue with this storm system, by Monday night up to 50mph wind gusts are possible. This will create blizzard conditions in some areas. Travel will be dangerous starting Monday Afternoon, espeically in the Northwest Sandhills.

More updates to come
Thomas

Warm & Stormy To Snow & Cold?

Lets just get this out of the way, Friday were fine with highs in the low 70s. It will be a little breezy though with winds out of the south 10 to 20.

Saturday and Sunday were going to have a warm front set up shop across southern Nebraska. This may fire off a few t-storms Saturday and Sunday. It still looks mild though with highs in the 70s for most of us, 60s near the SD broader and 80s near the KS broader.

Then the possible wild weather really gets going on Monday as a low pressure system really gets going in Eastern Colorado. This low will move out into the plains Monday afternoon were a severe weather outbreak may take place across the central plains. Behind this storm system… cold air will start to get drawn in and the rain will change to snow Monday night. Still too early to tell on were the severe weather is going to set up and same goes for the possibly heavy snow. Please stay tuned to Meteorologist Tara Moore Friday and Saturday with this early powerful spring storm system.

Thomas

Some Active Weather On The Way…

Some Active Weather On The Way…

The weather through Friday should be issue free across the area. There will be an elevated fire danger for the day time on Thursday. So please be careful if you are burning Thursday afternoon during the peak heating of the day. Friday will be warmer and I don’t think the fire danger will be that bad due to some return moisture coming into the area. That’s going to lead the way to a stormy couple of days. Saturday and Sunday we have a chance of T-Storms it will still be mild with highs in the 70s. Monday could be very interesting across the area with our first severe weather outbreak of the 09 year. Monday night cold air roars back in and we may have a snow/blizzard event on our hands.

Thomas

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Overnight sprinkles are possible for the area; lows will be in the 30s. Wednesday will be a cool day with highs in the 50s. The warm weather will return by the weekend.

Thomas

Spring Like Weather

Expect spring like weather all this week. A minor cool down for Wednesday as a cool front will be pushing through the area. Highs on Tuesday ( St. Patricks Day) will be in the 70s and 80s, the fire danger will be elevated but not as high as Monday. Wednesday temps will be cooling down… but only into the 50s. Thursday the warm air moves back in, and we are back into the 70s by Friday. There is a chance of t-storms on Friday and then again on Sunday. Chance of t-storms? Now were talking spring!

Thomas

P.S. don’t forget to join me at the North Platte storm spotting class on Tuesday night. It starts at 7. I will speak for a little bit and meteorologist Deb Blondin from the National Weather Service will be there to talk about storm spotting.

Get Ready For Spring!

Several nice days ahead with highs in the 60s Saturday and Sunday. Mid 70s on Monday and Tuesday.

Enjoy and have a nice weekend!
Thomas

Improving Weather...

Another chilly night ahead Thursday night with lows in the mid-teens under partly to mostly cloudy skies. A slow warm up through the weekend, then great weather next with highs back in the 70s!

Thomas

Sunny On Thursday

But still chilly with high temps only in the 30s. Winds will be out of the southeast aroun 10.

Thomas

Brr!

Another cold night ahead for Nebraska. Lows will be in the single digits with wind chills at or below zero.

Thomas

Cold!

Air Temps will range from around 8 in Imperial to -3 in North Platte to -10 in Valentine Tuesday Night. Wind chills will be in the fridgit ball park of -10 to -30 below zero. Please make sure any skin is covered up if you have to be outdoors Tuesday Night and Live Stock is in Shelter.

Thomas

Cold, Snow, Ice and Wind

Were going to get it in all forms Monday night and Tuesday across Nebraska. First lets address the ice, I think the greatest threat of ice will be roughly from Cozad/Arnold towards Grand Island along with about 1-2” of snow. Speaking of snow I think the greatest snow threat is going to be up north were up to 4” of snow is possible along with near blizzard conditions. Here in North Platte I think tops we see an inch of snow, and very little ice. Winds will be an issue though with gusts out of the north up to 40mph, creating wind chills at or below zero through Wednesday AM for the entire area.

Thomas

Cold Express Punching In

And is here to stay for a couple days, most areas were in the teens and 20s as of 1pm. Winds were also on the strong side with winds at times gusting up to 30mph. Creating wind chills in the single digits and below zero. Snow and freezing rain will get going tonight and linger into Tuesday. Snow amounts generally about 1 to 3 inches, but with some freezing rain into the mix that may cut down on some of the snowfall accumlations. It will be cold though, and I think thats going to be the major impacted over the next couple of days. As daytime highs will only be in the 20s and lows will be at or below zero.

For the latest weather advisories... please make sure to check the lower right hand side of the weather page and join me tonight on News 2.

Thomas

Another Winter Storm To Affect The Plains

The weather will be slowly going down hill across Nebraska as we head through the daytime on Monday. There will be a wide range of highs acorss Nebraska, ranging from the 50s south of I-80 to around 45 in North Platte to the 30s in the sandhills. There is also a chance of snow north and northwest of Hyannis Monday afternoon.

Monday night is when things start to get interesting in the plains especially in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota... First off if you have any travel plans into the Dakotas, travel is most likely not happening starting Monday night. We will have are own travel worries Monday night and Tuesday across Nebraska. As for snowfall, iam not looking for much only about 1-3" through Tuesday. But the winds will be a lot stronger with this system unlike the last system. At times winds maybe gusting up to 40mph. In addition, like the last system, we may have patchy freezing rain to deal with Monday night that may put down a coat of ice on ur car.

Tuesday, if there is any frozen precip it will turn back to all snow. Tuesday is going to be a cold, nasty and snowy day across Nebraska. It will make the 70s and 80s we had last week a distant memory. Low presure will pull up into Minnesota, and an arctic high will build into the Dakotas. Tuesday nights lows look to be around zero in North Platte to about -10 in Valentine. Wind Chills may be around 15 to 25 below Tuesday Night as well.

Ranchers, animals should be moved to shelter by late Monday afternoon, especially the young cavs.

For the latest watches, warnings and advisories... please look at the lower right hand side of the weather page.

Take care
Thoams

Ice And Snow...

For the latest Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories, please check the right hand side of the weather page...

North Platte has been in Freezing Rain for the last couple of hours with a nice coating on my car on top of about 2 inches that has fallen. Iam looking for another round of snow before it shuts off during the overnight Saturday. By the time it is all said and done im looking for about 3 to 4 inches total in Lincoln county with less south. Defenity more up north towards Stapleton and Ainswoth were about 5-7" of snow is possible by the overnight. Please use caution when traveling Saturday night and early Sunday AM.

Thomas

Winter Weather Update...

4pm... Snow has started to move into areas south of HWY 92. Winter Weather Advisories are now in effect for Thomas, Logan and Lincoln counites east through Sunday AM. 2-6 inches of snow is still looking like a good bet east of HWY 61 (Ogallala). Here in North Platte its been snow big flakes. Dry slot though will be moving into the SW apart of the state. Will see how that all pans out. Might effect North Platte.

Thomas

Winter Weather Update...

A Winter Weather Advisory is ineffect for Lincoln, Logan, Blaine and Brown Counties East to towards the Columbus Area. A Winter Storm warning is in effect for Rock and Boyd counites. All of these winter weather headlines go until Sunday AM. Current forecast thinking is about 2-6 inches of snow from about HWY 61 east. With possibly 5-8" of snow north and east of the Dunning area.

Girls State Basketball Travel

If your in Lincoln, and u need to get back west. Keep in mind that the weather will start to go hill around 5ish out here and contiune not to be good through the overnight on Saturday. On I-80 its self, your first hour of your trip home from Lincoln to Grand Island shouldn't be a problem. Its when u get west of HWY 281 (Grand Island- Hastings exit) that things should start to go down hill. With snowy and icy travel.

Will have another winter weather update on here through out the night and Tara will have your updated forecast tonight.

Thomas

Red Flag Warning

Dry conditions, low relative humilities, breezy conditions, warm conditions and dead vegetation has lead to possible explosive fire growth in some areas. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for Dawson, Gosper, Frontier, Hayes, Chase, Red Willow, Hitchcock, Southern Lincoln, Perkins, Keith, Arthur, Grant, Western Cherry, Garden, Deuel, and Sedgwick (CO) counties through Thursday evening. Please avoid burning Thursday Afternoon.

Thomas

Warm & Windy Thursday

If you liked Wednesday's weather your going to like Thursday's as well. Highs will once agian be in the 70s across the area, but we will have windy conditions. At times winds may gust up to 30mph out of the west/northwest. This combined with the warm conditons will create a high fire danger, espeically south of I-80. Please avoid buring during the peak heating part of the day.

Thomas

Warm Conditions

70s on Wednesday a good bet, especially west of Lexington and Broken Bow. Winds will be light out of the south. The fire danger will be elevated to high on Wednesday and Thursday in southwest Nebraska. Friday will be mild with a few more clouds, Saturday and the weekend brings some changes with cooler highs and a chance of rain and snow.


Thomas

Warm Up

The North Platte area will start tapping into the warmth on Tuesday with highs in the 60s.

Thomas