Thunderstorms Return Tonight Through Wednesday, Then Some Fall-like Weather Before A Summer-like Holiday Weekend

Today’s nice weather was in stark contrast to the stormy weather that struck parts of Greater Nebraska, yesterday afternoon and evening, and the front that helped generate yesterday’s storms looks like it is coming back for an encore performance.

The front currently extends from the northeastern corner of Nebraska southwestward to the southwestern corner of Kansas, and the front will basically stall this evening across northern Kansas before coming northward across Nebraska during Wednesday. It will then come back southeastward Wednesday night. As the front wavers north and south, showers and thunderstorms will likely develop, first over southern areas later tonight, then into all areas tomorrow afternoon and evening when the most widespread activity is expected. A few of these storms could be strong, and the Storm Prediction Center has places Greater Nebraska in a slight risk of severe storms for Wednesday.

So after perhaps a few isolated showers this evening, especially over northern parts of the viewing area, we can expect partly cloudy skies with the risk of isolated thunderstorms after midnight across southern areas. Lows will be in the 50’s.
Wednesday will feature mostly cloudy skies with the chance of isolated storms during the morning, but more widespread activity could develop during the afternoon and evening with highs in the lower 80’s.

Any thunderstorm activity will diminish during Wednesday night as the front presses to our south with lows in the 50’s under partly cloudy skies.

Then Thursday and Friday will be very pleasant with sunshine and highs in the 70’s, though Thursday could be quite windy. Nights will be fall-like, especially overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning when lows bottom out well into the 40’s, with even some 30’s possible under clear skies.

But a warm-up will begin for the Labor Day Holiday weekend as highs reach the upper 80’s to middle 90’s across the region through the period, with abundant sunshine. So it looks like we will close out the unofficial end of summer on a beautiful note.

Mike