Jack Frost Visits Tonight But Leaves By Monday

Today was another warm day with highs near or over 80 across Greater Nebraska, and even though we are now into October, the general weather theme for the next week will be a continuation of warmth. However, there is an island of cool in this sea of warmth beginning tonight and continuing until Sunday.

Today’s weather was the product of high pressure currently situated over the central Kansas/Oklahoma border. A mainly southerly flow circulating around the high brought warmer temperatures from the South. But another change is coming in the form of a weak cool front that will push through Greater Nebraska overnight.

Behind the front, a strong area of high pressure centered over south-central Canada will drop south into North Dakota by tomorrow morning, then drift eastward toward the Great Lakes into Monday and remain in control of our weather.

Cooler temperatures in association with the high will filter in overnight and through the day on Saturday on northerly winds. Lows tonight will get down into the 30’s over most of Greater Nebraska under clear skies, and frost is possible anywhere but is expected to be most widespread over northern areas where a Frost Advisory is in effect from 3am to 9am CT Saturday. Action should be taken for any tender plants that could be affected by frost.

Saturday will be a sunny day but cooler than today with highs only in the middle 60’s, and some areas across the North may stay in the 50’s.

We could see our first freeze tomorrow night into Sunday morning IF winds remain light much of the night. However, right now it appears that the wind will increase enough to not allow lows to reach the freezing mark but it will be close, so check back to News 2 for later forecasts. At a minimum, more frost could occur as lows drop into the 30’s once again.

But by Monday, another warm-up appears to be heading our way as upper-level high pressure remains in control, and highs should crest to the 70’s to lower 80’s, much of next week, so summertime wants to stick around a bit longer this year, unlike last year when old-man winter made his appearance on October 9 and 10th with a foot of snow! Nothing like that looks to occur for the foreseeable future.

Mike