Wednesday's Weather Thoughts

We enjoyed a much calmer day today after the very windy, stormy weather of yesterday. Unfortunately, showers and thunderstorms will return to the area tonight, but should exit the area by tomorrow afternoon, leaving us with a days-long stretch of fair weather.

The front that crossed Greater Nebraska last evening is now moving back northward as a warm front, and this front is setting off showers and thunderstorms, some of which have been strong to our south and east. The front will cross much of the viewing area overnight before it becomes stationary just to our north and west. Showers and a few heavy, gusty thunderstorms will accompany its passage.

A cold front barreling south from Montana will reach the area tomorrow morning as it is pushed southward by strong high pressure coming out of Canada. This front will act to push the stationary front back to our south during the day, so a few showers may occur during the morning hours until the front is through. Then, the Canadian high pressure will enter the northern plains by Friday morning and will provide fair and seasonable weather across Greater Nebraska for much of the next 5 days. A disturbance will approach the area on late Saturday but it should only produce some cloudiness and little in the way of rainfall.

Mike