Our Change To Some True Fall Weather Has Begun

Our change to weather more typical of the middle of fall has begun as a cold front has pushed through Greater Nebraska, and temperatures have already begun to drop from their highs this afternoon in the 50’s and 60’s.

A wave of low pressure on the front over southeastern Colorado will move northeastward overnight, reaching southeastern Nebraska tomorrow morning. This low will bring some moisture to the area in the form of rain showers early tonight, but as temperatures fall any rain should mix with and even change over to snow showers as lows fall through the 30’s. No significant accumulation or travel problems are anticipated since precipitation should be light, and warm ground temperatures should melt most of any snow, but some bridges and overpasses could slicken up overnight so be careful.

Any snow showers or mix tomorrow morning should change to either rain showers over southern areas, or a mix north with highs in the 40’s. During the afternoon, we may see some sunshine especially over southwestern areas as the area of low pressure moves into the Dakotas.

Then our attention will turn to a new storm that will develop over Colorado and New Mexico tomorrow night into Thursday, then move eastward through Kansas during Thursday and into Missouri Thursday night. This storm will have a bit more moisture to work with so we can expect snow or a mix to redevelop early Thursday morning across western areas, then spread eastward into all areas Thursday morning. As temperatures rise to the middle 30’s to near 40, a mix or even rain is expected, but even areas that see any snow should not see significant accumulations since ground temperatures will still be relatively warm during the day.

However, if the precipitation continues Thursday evening and night, temperatures falling well down into the 20’s would allow any snow to perhaps cause some light accumulations, and even roads could become slick, especially over the Panhandle and Sandhills. There are still questions about how strong this storm will be and how fast it will move, so stay tuned to later forecasts that will fine tune any details.

Regardless, precipitation will end by Friday, and we can expect fair and seasonable weather Friday through the weekend with highs mainly in the 40’s.

Mike