Monday's Weather Thoughts

Today’s weather was reminiscent of the middle of March, and by Wednesday you may wonder if it’s mid-February!

Low pressure moving to our south over Kansas bought thunderstorms to the area last night, and some showers, fog and mist, and cool temperatures, to Greater Nebraska today. Highs only reached the upper 40’s to lower 50’s in most areas.
Tonight will be cloudy, and it will shower from time to time and there may even be an isolated thunderstorm, along with some mist and fog as lows bottom out in the lower 40’s. The showers will end after midnight then it will remain mostly cloudy.
We will be between weather systems tomorrow so expect mostly cloudy skies, but there will be some sunny peeks but no precipitation is expected as highs get into the upper 50’s.

By Tuesday night and Wednesday, a new area of low pressure will get its at together over eastern Colorado, and take pretty much the same track as the current low – eastward over Kansas then northeastward over eastern Iowa. As the low tracks to our south, Canadian high pressure to the north will filter some very chilly air southward into the area, and highs on Wednesday won’t rise much and will stay in the lower to middle 40’s. Temperatures may actually fall into the 30’s as precipitation is falling, and area north and west of North Platte may see some snow at least mix with rain that will be falling, and some areas may actually see a changeover to snow Wednesday morning, and it is not impossible that some accumulation could occur, especially on grassy surfaces.

This low will lose its grip on Greater Nebraska during Wednesday night, and Thursday will see fair weather returning with milder temperatures. By the weekend, more springlike weather should take hold, which will be most welcome.

Mike