Warm Tuesday, snow Wednesday in Omaha, then sunny Thursday

Warm Tuesday, snow Wednesday in Omaha

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Updated: 9:56 PM CDT Mar 17, 2025

BUT TOMORROW, A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUTSIDE. LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THAT. WE’LL DO THAT. START OFF WITH THE RANDBY FACTOR. THIS IS FOR THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AND INDEED A RANDBY FACTOR OF EIGHT. BEAUTIFUL FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. THEN WEDNESDAY, WINTER STORM WATCH. MANY OF OUR COUNTIES, EXCLUDING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ALSO A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR, AND ON SNOW. SO POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS IS 6:00 THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT OR SO ON TUESDAY EVENING. TUESDAY NIGHT YOU SEE THE SHOWERS BREAKING OUT TO THE WEST OF US. THERE’S 4 A.M. SOME SNOW. THERE’S 6 A.M., SOME SHOWERS, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IN THE METRO. HERE’S 7 A.M., PERHAPS A MIX IN THE METRO. SNOW IN LINCOLN, 8 A.M. MAYBE LIGHT SNOW IN THE METRO. AND THEN 9:00. HEAVIER SNOW. SAME IN LINCOLN. HERE’S 11. THAT LOOKS BAD. HERE’S 1:00. THAT STILL LOOKS PRETTY BAD. AND THEN SNOWING HARD IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. THERE’S 3:00. AND THEN FINALLY OUT OF HERE. SO THAT COMPUTER MODEL SUGGESTS BY 9 A.M. JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE DOWNTOWN OMAHA. BUT AN INCH IN LINCOLN. SO THE MORNING DRIVE SORT OF AT RISK, ESPECIALLY THE WEST METRO. AND THEN PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL SNOW. HERE’S THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH. THIS HAS GOT A SUBSTANTIAL COATING OF SNOW ALL OVER. THESE ARE OUR TWO BEST SHORT RANGE MODELS. THE LONGER RANGE MODEL, THE AMERICAN GFS COMPUTER MODEL INSISTS THAT WARM AIR WILL LIMIT SNOW IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, WITH THE HEAVIEST ON THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE METRO FREMONT UP TO TEKAMAH. SO WE SORT OF LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE COME UP WITH THESE SNOW FORECASTS HERE. AND LINCOLN LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR 3 TO 6IN, AND A GOOD CHUNK OF THE OMAHA METRO FOR THAT. BUT IF YOU’RE IN SOUTH COUNCIL BLUFFS, IF YOU’RE IN BELLEVUE, IF YOU’RE IN PLATTSMOUTH, IF YOU’RE IN GLENWOOD, YOU MIGHT BE MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SLUSH. THAT IS MELTING. 83. OH, WE JUST MISSED THE RECORD HIGH BY ONE. THAT’S 84. BACK IN 1894. 34 DEGREES. THE MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURE. NO PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. WE NEED SOME RAIN. OVER AN INCH BELOW AVERAGE. DOWNTOWN OMAHA IN THE DISTANCE. CAMERA HERE. LEWIS AND CLARK MONUMENT 64. LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE 50S IN IOWA. AND YOU SEE A LITTLE NORTH BREEZE. THERE’S A FRONT RIGHT IN HERE ABOUT TO EDGE SOUTH THROUGH THE METRO. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE LINE RIGHT THERE, AND IT WILL DROP TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FOR TOMORROW, BUT WE DON’T HAVE ANY RAIN COMING, JUST A FEW CLOUDS. AND THIS IS OUR STORM OUT HERE ONTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT. SO THAT’S WHAT’S HEADED OUR WAY. IT’S AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING STORM SYSTEM ON SATELLITE. BE A POWERFUL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, BUT THAT’S ALL. WEDNESDAY. THIS IS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, AND THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD AND PRETTY QUIET. AND YOU SEE THE HIGHS UP INTO THE 70S AGAIN TOMORROW. AND WE’LL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS. TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY 42 FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE. TUESDAY A LITTLE COOL EARLY BUT NICE AT NOON. AND REALLY NICE IN THE AFTERNOON AS WE WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S. MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IN THE PRE-DAWN WEDNESDAY. AND THEN WEDNESDAY IS A SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DAY. MY GOODNESS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE AREA AND MAYBE TOUGH TRAVEL EVEN INTO SOME OF THE OMAHA METRO, AND THAT 39 WOULD PROBABLY BE PRE-DAWN. TEMPERATURES FALL AND WE’RE ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 30S MUCH OF THE DAY, AND THEN 23 AND 52 FOR THE HIGH ON THURSDAY, WHICH IS THE