Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tuesday's Weather Thoughts

A much needed dry day around Greater Nebraska today helped some of the flood waters recede in many areas today, and while a few thunderstorms may occur very late tonight through the day Wednesday, no widespread heavy rainfall is expected.

A southeasterly flow will develop tonight and that will allow humidity levels to increase through the day on Wednesday. As this occurs, a trough to our west along with an upper-level disturbance will raise the risk of an isolated thunderstorm or two very late tonight through the morning on Wednesday as lows drop to near 60 under partly cloudy to clear skies.

A warm and humid day is on tap for Wednesday as highs reach the upper 80’s, but as the upper disturbance passes by and a front approaches from the northwest, a few more widespread storms could develop during the afternoon and the evening. One or two of these storms could be strong to perhaps locally severe, but no widespread heavy rain is expected that could exacerbate the ongoing flooding. It will be breezy with southeasterly winds gusting to 30mph.

Depending on how quickly the front moves through the region, there could be a lingering storm Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but most of Thursday into Friday should be fair and warm with highs in the 80’s.

The weekend is looking mainly fair and warm but with a slight risk of a thunderstorm each day.

Mike

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