Pleasant Weather Through Thursday, Then Unsettled Friday And Saturday

A stationary front extending from the Front Range southward into the Texas Panhandle, then northeastward through central Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas kept us mainly cloudy and cool today as moisture flowed up and over the front. Most of the cloudiness and precipitation is indeed north of the front and extends from Colorado and New Mexico eastward through the Southern Plains. The extreme southern portion of the Nebraska Panhandle and extreme southwestern Nebraska are the only places that have seen any light rain today, and extreme southwest Nebraska may continue to see a few showers as a band of moisture over northeastern Colorado eastward into southwest Nebraska pushes southward.

Later tonight, clouds will begin to clear a bit, but in general, expect partly cloudy skies, light winds, and chilly lows in the upper 20’s.

But as high pressure takes control of the weather the next days, dry, sunny, and pleasant conditions will prevail Tuesday through Thursday with highs in the upper 60’s Tuesday, and near or into the lower 70’s Wednesday and Thursday. A weak cool front will stall near or over Greater Nebraska late Wednesday, but no precipitation is expected due to a dry northerly flow aloft limiting moisture. But highs Thursday may be a couple degrees cooler than Wednesday but still around 70.

An upper-level low cut-off from the main jet-stream flow is spinning along the southern California coast, and this is producing showers and thunderstorms from southern California eastward into New Mexico, and northward into Nevada and Utah. This low will spin very slowly eastward, then northeastward during the week, and should be near or over Nebraska on Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms may overspread the region during Friday and continue during the day on Saturday before ending Sunday as the low moves eastward out of the area. While no heavy rain is currently anticipated, outdoor sports activities could be delayed or interrupted depending on the timing and coverage of the precipitation. Skies both Friday and Saturday will be mostly cloudy with highs reaching only the lower 60’s.

By Sunday and especially Monday, nicer weather will return with highs from the middle 60’s to lower 70’s. In general, an average to above average temperature regime, with near average precipitation looks to continue for the foreseeable future.

Mike