Tuesday, July 27, 2010

After Today's Heat, A Bit Cooler Wednesday

Highs did cross the century mark in Valentine before a cold front passed through, and may have at Imperial where the high was at least 99. Humidity is moderately high especially over eastern areas so heat indices were over 100 in some cases.

The cold front that is now past Valentine will cross the remainder of Greater Nebraska this evening and overnight before stalling just to our south over northern Kansas. As the front moves through, it may spark a stray thunderstorm in a few spots, but nothing widespread is anticipated. Skies will be partly cloudy with lows in the 60’s, and it will be a bit breezy.

Wednesday will be a nice day with mostly sunny skies and highs reaching the middle to upper 80’s with a pleasant breeze.

As the front tries to return north as a warm front later tomorrow through Thursday morning, it may produce a few isolated storms from very late Wednesday evening into the overnight.

By Thursday afternoon, the front should be located to our north allowing warmer and more humid air to flow in once again. Skies will be partly sunny and there is a risk of an isolated storm with highs in the 90’s.

This front will then waver north and south over the area through early next week, allowing for the chance of thunderstorms daily. The best chance looks to occur over the weekend as a strong disturbance moves along the front, so more widespread scattered storms may occur especially from later Saturday into Sunday morning. Highs will generally be from the middle 80’s to the middle 90’s through the period.

Mike

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