Moderating Trend Through Midweek Then Seasonable Through The Weekend

Greater Nebraska was certainly very cold and windy over the weekend, but we were fortunate that a storm that plastered areas to our north and east did not develop about 300 miles further southwest. If it had, we would have been digging out of lots of snow, and faced some very dangerous winter conditions and potential road closures due to blizzard conditions. In fact, those conditions were experienced as close to us as eastern Nebraska, where Omaha was under a blizzard warning during Saturday afternoon and night.

Now the arctic high pressure that brought the bitter cold temperatures is moving slowly eastward, and this is allowing the cold to moderate slowly, and this moderation will continue through the middle of the week as a southerly flow of air continues. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, and it won’t be quite as cold with lows near 20.

Tuesday will be partly sunny and nice in the afternoon as highs reach the 40’s and 50’s, with light winds.

As a system drop southward to our west on Wednesday, skies will be mostly cloudy, and there is a slight chance of a rain or snow showers as highs reach the 30’s north to the 40’s south, and a gusty breeze will make it feel somewhat colder.

For the remainder of the week and the weekend, Greater Nebraska will remain in a dry weather pattern as the jet stream becomes aligned more west to east, and temperatures will be seasonable with highs in the 30’s and lows in the teens.

Mike