Wednesday's Weather Thoughts

Active weather will return to Greater Nebraska beginning tomorrow and lasting through the weekend.

An upper level area of low pressure over California will move very slowly east over the next several days, arriving over the central Plains on Friday. This upper low will spawn a surface low over Colorado during the day on Thursday, which will also begin to progress slowly eastward, eventually winding up along the Nebraska/Kansas border by Friday morning. From there, the low will glide along the border, ending up over northern Missouri Sunday morning. This low will produce showers and thunderstorms over the region Thursday and Friday, with highs in the upper 50’s to low 60’s, and perhaps a chilly, windy and raw day Saturday with a general rain and highs only in the mid 50’s.

Rainfall amounts during the next several days will range from one-half inch to two inches or more, with the heaviest amounts over the Nebraska Panhandle.
Some strong to severe storms are possible especially over southern parts of the viewing area, with large hail and gusty winds being the biggest threat, but most of the severe weather should remain from Kansas southward.

As the low begins to move away on Sunday, only some showers are expected with perhaps some isolated showers still occurring on Monday.

Mike