Snow coming Wednesday in Omaha after a warm Tuesday

Snow coming Wednesday in Omaha

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Updated: 4:27 PM CDT Mar 17, 2025

UP QUICKLY, THAT CAN CAUSE ISSUES WITH FOLKS ALLERGIES. SO WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING OR THAT ARE PRONE TO THAT WILL BE TAKING THEIR ALLERGY MEDICATIONS, AS WE’RE CERTAINLY INTO THAT SEASON. RANDBY FACTOR A SEVEN FOR THIS EVENING, PLEASANT FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE THE WIND. NOT TERRIBLY STRONG, BUT CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR THIS RED FLAG WARNING. AND THAT’S OUR IMPACT WEATHER FOR THIS EVENING. THIS RUNS UNTIL 8:00. AFTER THAT, THE WINDS WILL SETTLE. THEN WE’RE TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO WEDNESDAY, A WINTER STORM WATCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HERE’S OUR COMPUTER MODEL FROM TUESDAY EVENING INTO THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. SOME RAIN BREAKING OUT WEST OF US 4 A.M. NOT TOO MUCH GOING ON 630. YEAH, RAIN WITH A MIX OF SNOW STARTING NEAR THE METRO AND LINCOLN CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING DRIVE AND THEN PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH REALLY STRONG WINDS. THAT LOOKS ROUGH. IF THIS COMPUTER MODEL IS RIGHT, IT DOESN’T END UNTIL 430 AND OUT OF THE VIEWING AREA BY 630, BUT AT 730, SNOW JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE METRO. BUT THAT WOULD BE A LOT. AND OTHER COMPUTER MODELS ARE SIMILAR. THIS IS THE EUROPEAN COMPUTER MODEL. PRETTY GOOD SWATH OF SNOW LINCOLN OMAHA UP TO HARLAN AND DENNISON. THE GFS COMPUTER MODELS, THE AMERICAN COMPUTER MODEL KEEPS IT WARMER, LONGER AND HAS A HUGE SPREAD FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST OF LIGHT SNOW TO HEAVY SNOW. SO WE THINK 3 TO 6IN FOR THE OMAHA METRO. SAME FOR LINCOLN. COULD BE EVEN A BIT MORE WHERE THE AIR IS COLDER. JUST NORTH AND THEN A DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF US. AND AGAIN, IT’S ALL DURING THE DAY. WEDNESDAY, 81. WE’RE CLOSE TO THE RECORD HIGH TODAY. 84 IS THE RECORD FROM WAY BACK IN 1894. AND WE’VE HAD THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS MONTH, BUT WE COULD USE SOME MORE SOUTHWEST OMAHA CAMERA AT H AND H OTOE YOU CAN SEE HOW DRY IT IS. IT’S 81, BUT JUST 11% HUMIDITY. AND THESE TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM, BUT HARD TO BELIEVE WE COULD POSSIBLY GET SNOW IN HERE, BUT THAT’S THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. TONIGHT WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE NIGHT 42 DEGREES. THE LOW TEMPERATURE AND TUESDAY ANOTHER WARM DAY. SUNNY AND COOL TO START BUT INTO THE 70S IN THE AFTERNOON. IT’S REALLY AS WE GET INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAYBE SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER AND THEN THE WIND AND SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, SEVERE IMPACTS ON WEDNESDAY, 54 FOR THE HIGH ON THURSDAY. BUT LOOK AT THE MORNING LOW 23. SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE ICY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THAT’S THE OFFICIAL START OF SPRING AND THEN SETTLES DOWN A BIT FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THAT IS I MEAN, WE’RE USED TO SWINGS, BUT THIS IS JUST QUITE THE VERY UNUSUA