Tuesday's Weather Thoughts

It was a much more pleasant afternoon today after the sun got rid of the morning chill, and tomorrow will be even milder but with more wind.

Skies tonight will be partly cloudy and not near as cold as last night with lows in the upper 30’s, but it will become breezy later at night.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny and highs will reach the middle 70’s, and it is possible a couple of areas approach the 80 degree mark. But a front approaching from the west will increase the pressure gradient across Greater Nebraska, and winds will be gusty out of the southeast, and some gusts could approach 40mph during the afternoon.

The front should drift through most of the viewing area tomorrow night dry, but an area of low pressure developing over Colorado will glide to east-central Nebraska during Thursday, and should set off some showers and thunderstorms. The heaviest activity should be to our east but a few storms could be locally strong. Highs Thursday will be cooler, in the lower 60’s.

Thursday night and Friday is a bit of a question mark as another area of low pressure will develop Thursday over Colorado and follow nearly the same path over Nebraska during Friday. Right now the thinking is that the front should be far enough east so that the heaviest showers and storms from this low should remain over eastern Nebraska. However, if the front stalls during Thursday, this new low could cause heavier showers and storms across Greater Nebraska Thursday night and Friday.

Regardless, the weekend is looking mainly cloudy with some peeks of sun, but isolated showers cannot be ruled out especially during the afternoon as highs get into the lower 60’s

Mike