Ξ October 31st, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Well nothing scary about the forecast for the trick or treaters tonight. All day we will have sunshine and afternoon highs near 70. But later this evening you can be assured the weather will not reek havoc with you as we will be in the 60s with light winds and clear skies. In fact most of the weekend we should see sunshine and highs around 70. Next week though we will have to watch for the possibility of rain and a cooldown around Wednesday. Keep your fingers crossed that Mother Nature doesn’t “trick” the weatherman tonight.
Ξ October 29th, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Back from vacation and wouldn’t you know, it turns out to be the best day of the week weatherwise. You’d think the weatherman could plan his vacation days better.
Well, there is more where that came from. An upper level ridge will see to it that we enjoy comfortable temperatures through the weekend. A weak disturbance pushing through tomorrow will generate some mid and high level clouds in the afternoon. There is the suggestion of a little instability which could produce some precipitation. The problem comes with a large wedge of dry air that would have to be overcome before we see a drop of it. I’m thinking that a few sprinkles might be possible, perhaps a brief shower but nothing more.
We are looking at more widespread precipitation at the start of next week. More on that later.
Enjoy your Thursday.
Ξ October 29th, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
You know the old saying…it’s like deja vu all over again (not my favorite Yogi Berra line but one I think that is used the most) that’s what our weather has been like. It like waking up and reliving the same thing day after day (like Groundhog Day…the movie). Sunshine, slightly warmer, cold mornings, generally light winds, and that looks to be the case thru Saturday. Thursday could be a little different…but that’s only because we may have a few clouds in the afternoon. So from today-Saturday expect highs in the upper 60s with sunshine.
Though next week we may have another storm system come thru…right around election day. That is a ways off but at this point it looks like all rain…and certainly more wind and clouds.
Ξ October 28th, 2008 | Posted by Travis Klanecky | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
What an improvement from where things were just a few days ago. Only 2 days ago, we were losing power here at the studio and across parts of central Nebraska. Now, it’s nice and quiet, and that is exactly what we will be seeing through the rest of the week.
Normal highs this time of year are around 60 degrees, so I think temps will be above normal for the next 5 to 7 days. It looks like the next chance at rain will come in sometime early next week. One model has chances by next Monday, while another is holding off until Tuesday. So election day may be a soggy one around here. But the good news is that we don’t expect snow…at least not yet.
Ξ October 27th, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
As I was driving back from Kansas the winds were strong there…but once I crossed the state line I didn’t know what I was in for. The winds were so strong I think I saw a whole cornfield blow across highway 81. Well maybe it wasn’t that bad but there was a lot of corn stalks flying yesterday. It was hard enough to keep the car on the road. In fact the highest gusts around did top around 60 mph…which if they were coming from a storm would have prompted a severe thunderstorm warning or it would have been the equivelent of tropical storm winds…so even by Nebraska standards it was really windy.
This week we will have nothing like that…really we won’t have much to talk about. A huge high pressure ridge will come in from the Rockies and bascially calm down the winds…keep us sunny…and we will have the temps gradually warm up thru the week. So at this point Halloween is looking nice for all those trick or treaters. Today though expect sunshine, lighter winds (of course compared to yesterday anything under 30 mph is lighter), and highs near 50.
Ξ October 25th, 2008 | Posted by Travis Klanecky | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Well, if you have been one of the lucky ones that hasn’t seen freezing temperatures yet this fall, things are about to change. The entire area will see temperatures fall well below freezing by early Monday morning. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the 20’s and we’ll see temps in the 10’s up north.
An extremely strong high pressure system will set itself up over the area Sunday night into Monday. This high pressure area will have barometric pressure as high as 1042 millibars. To put this in perspective, pressure at the surface is typically around 1000 millibars. A strong winter snowstorm may be around 984 millibars. And Hurricane Katrina dropped just below 900 millibars. So this high pressure area will be unusually high.
What does this mean? Very cold and dry air will be brought down to the surface from the atmosphere. Combine that with lightening winds and we will see temperatures fall very quickly. The good news is, it will be short lived. By Tuesday, we’ll have temperatures back close to what we saw today and that should last into the weekend. So enjoy this upcoming week. It should be a complete reversal of last week.
Ξ October 24th, 2008 | Posted by Travis Klanecky | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for something a little different when it comes to our weather. It seems like this pattern has been around forever. But it looks like today will be a transition day around the area.
Our low pressure system is pushing to the east and taking the rain with it. Eventually the clouds will go with it too and we’ll see lot of sun for the weekend. So Saturday might be a good day to get out and mow the yard…or at least rake up all the leaves that fell off the trees because of the wind on Wednesday. Temperatures should climb into the 60’s Saturday and are looking great if you are traveling to Lincoln for the game against Baylor. Sunday will be cooler and breezy as a cold front moves through, but we should warm it up by Tuesday with temperatures back in the 60’s.
I think the best news of all is the dry weather that is going to hang around for at least the next 7 days. I know a lot of farmers that are having a very tough fall because of all the rain we have received. In fact, the month of October has been one of the wettest on record for many towns around these parts.
Hastings has seen 6.16 inches this month which breaks a 111 year old record of 5.82 inches. Kearney has received 9.21 inches this month which also breaks an old record going back to 1946 when they had 6.30 inches. Grand Island has had it’s second wettest October ever with 5.98 inches. Hopefully, we shouldn’t be adding any move rain to these totals this month.
Ξ October 23rd, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
The good news for the Tri-Cities and much of Central Nebraska…we missed out on the brunt of the snow. The coldest air stayed to the west and allowed many of us to receive mostly rain. However the snow at this point (7:30) stretches from an Ainsworth to North Platte to McCook line. So these areas of the state will be seeing snow thru the rest of this morning. Combining with strong northwest winds and we could be seeing reduced visabilities thru the noon time there. We could still see 1-3 inches there.
The rest of today though looks like a rain event in central Nebraska. The system will slowly move out tonight and we should see improving conditions throughout the day on Friday.
The other part of this storm was the heavy rains many of us received. These totals are courtesy of the National Weather Service in Hastings for the 21st and 22nd.
Nebraska Cooperative Observation Sites
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Bradshaw
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2.97
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Shickley 4S
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2.79
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Hebron
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2.69
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Deweese 4SE
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2.52
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Fairmont
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2.52
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Clay Center 6ESE
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2.38
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Guide Rock
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2.35
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York
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2.26
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Bruning
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2.22
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Hubbell
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2.20
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Blue Hill 4SW
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2.13
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Shelby 3NE
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2.10
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Minden
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1.97
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Red Cloud
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1.84
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Beaver City
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1.80
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Osceola
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1.79
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Kearney 4NE
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1.75
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Phillips 4SE
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1.74
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Franklin
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1.73
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Wilsonville
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1.73
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Orleans 2W
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1.60
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Edison
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1.53
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Wood River 1NNW
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1.53
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Fullerton
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1.50
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Naponee
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1.48
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Cambridge
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1.39
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Holdrege
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1.35
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Elwood 8S
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1.34
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Belgrade
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1.31
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Canaday Plant
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1.30
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St Paul 4N
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1.28
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Ashton
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1.27
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North Loup
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1.25
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Miller
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1.23
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Oxford 7NW
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1.21
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Wolbach
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1.10
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Loup City
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0.98
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Arcadia
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0.95
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Ord #2
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0.84
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Cozad
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0.82
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Kansas Cooperative Observation Sites
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Logan
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3.53
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Phillipsburg
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3.02
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Smith Center
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3.00
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Lebanon
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2.58
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Burr Oak
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2.03
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Cawker City
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2.02
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Ionia
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1.67
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Mankato
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1.64
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Palco
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1.62
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Alton
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1.45
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Covert
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1.41
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Plainville 4WNW
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1.35
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Damar
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1.32
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Hunter
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1.06
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Beloit
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0.75
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Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network (NeRAIN)
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Beaver City 6S
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4.16
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Logan KS
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3.53
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Phillipsburg KS
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3.02
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Smith Center KS
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3.00
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Davenport 6SE
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2.92
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Waco 4SE
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2.90
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Guide Rock 8ESE
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2.69
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Hebron
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2.69
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Geneva
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2.60
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Lebanon KS
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2.58
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Deweese 4SE
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2.52
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Fairmont
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2.52
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Ξ October 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Good morning everyone…I hope you are having a wonderful day. The weather is going to be less than wonderful today but here is the latest so far.
The upper level energy and surface low have been tracking like the models said they would. The good news is so far the forecast we have been saying over the past few days is coming into line. There are a few things to consider and I’ll get into that below. Right now the entire state is above freezing so I would say most of this morning everybody will have rain.
Here is the snow forecast. Depending on when that cold air comes into the system will determine when the rain switches to snow. Models have been showing this happening right around noon or so. The cold air has been forecasted to be pretty shallow and close to 32 degrees for areas around Highway 281 with colder temps westward…that means less snow for Grand Island and Hastings and to the east but more snow for Ord, Kearney, Lexington, Broken Bow, McCook, and Alma. We also have a warm ground which will play into total accumulations. Plus a lot of wind…I’m talking 40-60 mph gusts and sustained winds near 35 for much of central and western Nebraska and northern Kansas. Drifting will be a major factor plus white out conditions are expected from Kearney on west to North Platte. Blizzard warnings are in effect for SW Nebraska and winter storm warnings for areas around Kearney on westward…so the rule of thumb is don’t go anywhere west of Kearney tonight if you don’t have to. Less than an inch for areas around York, Hebron, Superior, Aurora, and Fullerton. Around an inch for Hastings, GI and towns along 281. 2-5 inches for areas west of a line from O’Neill to Ord to Kearney to Phillipsburg, KS. 4-8 inches expected for towns such as Broken Bow, Ainsworth, Lexington, Araphaoe, McCook, and Imperial.
Everything should wrap up early Friday morning and a dry forecast is expected this weekend.
Ξ October 21st, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
A couple of quick thoughts in regards to forecasted snow amounts Wednesday night. The forecast still seems to be on track with rain changing over to snow from west to east begining as early as Wednesday afternoon in the Kearney areas and more toward evening for Grand Island and Hastings. (more…)
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