After some early morning thunderstorms over extreme southwest parts of our viewing area, i.e., Imperial and Ogallala, today turned very nice with sunshine and highs in the upper 70’s with a light breeze.
A warm front will move through the area overnight and into Thursday, and this will set off a few isolated thunderstorms with the greatest chance over southwestern and western Nebraska, similar to the area that reported storms this morning. It is not out of the question that on or two of the storms turns strong, with some hail and high wind gusts, but any severe weather for the most part should stay to the west of Greater Nebraska over the western Panhandle, and into eastern Wyoming and Colorado where a Tornado Watch is in effect until 9PM MDT. Lows will be in the upper 50’s.
Once the warm front moves through, Thursday will turn quite breezy to windy as southerly winds gust to 35mph and locally higher, but sunshine will boost highs into the middle 80’s. Similar weather is expected for Friday but breezy to windy conditions, sunshine and highs a few degrees warmer.
The next chance of any severe weather will come at the start of the long holiday weekend on Saturday, as a potent system passes by to our north and west and drags a cold front through the region during Saturday. The setup will be somewhat similar to what occurred Sunday night and Monday, and it is possible that strong, gusty winds may occur again during Saturday, along with a chance of strong to severe storms. Stay tuned to News 2 during the next few days for updates on this potential storm situation.
After the cold front passes, Sunday and Memorial Day Monday are looking fair and pleasant, with highs in the lower 70’s.
Mike
Mike what are you nuts terrorizing people like this with your weather warnings.
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