Tranquil Weather For Several Days

Last night’s showers and thunderstorms seemed to focus the worst weather on the area around Broken Bow, with 80mph wind gusts, hail and heavy rain that produced flooding. Anywhere from three to as much as four and one-half inches of rain fell. However, portions of southeastern Lincoln County were also hit hard by heavy rainfall, with more than four inches falling to the south of Maxwell.

The front that helped spark the activity is now to our south and east and producing a line of thunderstorms over eastern Nebraska. Now that high pressure is gaining control over Greater Nebraska, we can expect skies to become mostly clear tonight, but there could be some fog later tonight, especially in areas that received heavy rain last night. Lows will be in the 40’s.

Friday may start with some morning fog, but the afternoon will turn sunny and warm with high right around the 80 degree mark. The weather tomorrow evening for local sports will be pleasant with a few clouds and temperatures falling through the 70’s and into the 60’s.

A weak front moving through the region tomorrow night could spark an isolated shower or storm in a couple of places between midnight and daybreak Saturday, but Saturday itself will see increasing amounts of sunshine and a gusty northerly breezy with highs in the 70’s. The front could produce some showers and storms in Lincoln which could have some affect on the Husker’s Homecoming game at 6pm Saturday evening.

The weather for Sunday through much of next week will be dominated by high pressure, so lots of sunshine and pleasant to warm temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s can be expected.

Mike