Ξ December 31st, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Here’s a quick forecast for those who have plans tonight.
Today we should once again see sunny skies and the winds will pick up out of the south later on. Highs will be near normal, we will reach into the lower 30s.
Tonight a few clouds will come through but not as cold…it should be in the twenties this evening and no chance of rain or snow.
Tomorrow, a cool front will come through and give us a few clouds and switch the winds to the northwest. It probably won’t affect our temperatures as we could be a few degrees warmer.
The Husker game is looking sunny and warm…but that’s what you should expect in the Sunshine State. Game time temps will be in the 50s with mostly sunny skies.
Ξ December 29th, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
As we enter the last week of 2008 we are in for a nice change today. Plenty of sunshine and temperatures about 15 degrees above normal as we will have highs in the upper 40s to around 50.
But it looks like today will be one of the warmer days this week. Colder air from the northwest will come roaring through here sometime late tomorrow morning and winds will increase from the northwest. We could be seeing gusts as high as 40 mph tomorrow afternoon and sustained winds in the 20-30 mph range. We should make it into the lower 40s.
Both New Years Eve and Day look dry, partly cloudy, and cooler. Highs will be in the 30s both days with temps around midnight for those looking to ring in the new year in the upper teens.
Ξ December 28th, 2008 | Posted by Travis Klanecky | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas holiday and spending time with friends and family. I certainly did, and the weather has really cooperated for us in Nebraska. I know that’s not the case for those to our east. It has been nice to see warmer temperatures after the deep freeze that we were stuck in for quite a while.
It looks like Monday will see temps a few degrees warmer than today, which was already 10+ degrees warmer than normal. It doesn’t look to last too long, but that doesn’t mean temperatures will go back to the freezer. We’ll be looking at temperatures near or just above normal for the next seven days as a series of cold fronts followed by warmer air moves through. Even with those fronts, it doesn’t look like too many good chances at precipitation. The best chance comes New Year’s Night and that is only a 20% of snow if that. So enjoy it. Might be a good chance to take down those Christmas lights outside.
Ξ December 23rd, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Even with a cold front pushing through the state we saw some of the warmest temperatures that we’ve seen in awhile with low 30s in the southeast part of the state. Warmer air was running ahead of our next weather making its debut later. It will again be on the chilly side tomorrow in the wake of a mid to upper level trough spiraling out of Colorado through central Kansas tonight. That is going to squeeze out a little accumulating snow in extreme southern Nebraska and north central Kansas. (more…)
Ξ December 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Well it looks like we have about a 100% chance of a white Christmas if you have at least an inch of snow on the ground right now as it’s going to be below freezing through Christmas. We have the oppurtunity to add some snow to the snow already on the ground tomorrow.
Today though the winds will pick up out of the south and while the wind will certainly make it feel colder outside…it will help to get us to near 20. There is the chance of some flurries today but no accumulations are expected.
Tomorrow though espically in the evening we could see another quick moving system dump some snow in south and southeast Nebraska. Early estimates look like we could get 2-4 inches from a line from Beloit to Hebron to Lincoln. Around the tri-cities we could see upwards of an inch. Check back tomorrow for the latest forecast to see if anything changes.
Ξ December 20th, 2008 | Posted by Travis Klanecky | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of Winter. It feels like we’ve been in winter for awhile. It’s amazing that it was only a week ago that our temperatures were near 60 degrees. Now we’re lucky to hit 20. In fact, Friday felt like a heat wave…at least while I was shoveling snow.
Another cold front has moved through and brought a reinforcement of Arctic air. Temperatures are expected to drop to around 10 below zero while wind chills could be anywhere between 20 and 40 below. It looks like the will be coldest near sunrise Sunday morning, almost the exact time of the Winter Solstice. So you’ll want to bundle up heading to church in the morning.
Just as a refresher, what is the winter solstice. Well, it’s the time of the year when the Sun is positioned at its southern most point from the equator. For us in the northern hemisphere, it means the shortest day of the year. For us, that’s about 12 hours and 15 minutes between sunrise and sunset. Less time the further north that you live. So from 6:04am on, our days will begin getting longer and longer until the first day of Summer.
So there’s some of the astronomical info to the first day of Winter. Keep Warm.
Ξ December 19th, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
The storm that blew through here last night threw a little of everything our way including some thunder and lightning, about which we’ve received many inquiries. While it is somewhat rare, ‘thundersnow’ as it is called, is an actual thunderstorm that has snow or sleet reaching the ground instead of rain. We usually get at least one snow storm a winter that will have some lightning associated with it, but last night’s storm was prolific. (more…)
Ξ December 19th, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
One to Three inch snowfalls have been indicated west of an Ord to Alda line. Lexington reports 2″ of snow, Holdrege and estimated 3 inches, 5″ in Sutherland. One quarter inch of ice in Seward. The wraparound behind this storm should be east of the Tri-Cities by 1 am. At midnight the heavier bands are crossing Highway 281 and the snow will be soon tapering off.
Ξ December 18th, 2008 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
A wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain and some snow to the north has rapidly expanded during the late afternoon hours. There have been numerous reports of thunder and lightning with this event which I’ll talk more about in a later blog. (more…)
Ξ December 18th, 2008 | Posted by Greg Tatro | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
First off areas north of a line from Imperial to Hastings to Lincoln to Omaha is in a winter weather advisory from noon until midnight. Conditions this afternoon are expected to start out as freezing rain after the noon hour then gradually switch to snow this evening and be over with around midnight. So far it looks like icing will be light but we could see some heavy snow bands develop later on tonight so that we may have some accumulations of 1-5 inches from the tri-cities on eastward. Keep in mind this isn’t going to be widespread and only those areas that get under a heavy snowband will see the chance of nearing 5 inches.
There is a freezing rain advisory for the counties along the Kansas border and northern Kansas from noon to midnight. These areas should only see freezing rain or a little sleet and accumulations of ice of a tenth of an inch or less are expected. That’s enough to make roads slick but for the most part shouldn’t cause any downed tree limbs or power lines (keep in mind that’s IF it stays under a tenth of an inch).
For southeast Nebraska including Fairbury and Beatrice you are in an ice storm warning from 3pm to 3am. These areas will see the most accumulations of ice tonight. Early estimates could put from a quarter to a little less than a half inch of ice accumulations in these areas. That could be enough for some scattered power outtages and certainly slick streets. The good news is with this system not much wind is expected so if the limbs or lines fall it will be due to the weight of the ice and not the wind whipping them around.
The storm is still showing signs of coming out of Colorado moving northeast through Kansas and strengthening tonight over southeast Nebraska. Most of the precipitaton will start after 3 PM but we could see some freezing drizzle after the noon hour. Snow accumulations in northern Nebraska will range from 2-4 inches while we could see scattered amounts of 1-5 inches in heavy snow bands to the south. This is a fast moving system so that everything that falls will be out of here by tomorrow morning. Keep an update on this system tonight…winter storms can and sometimes do change as the move through the plains but I have pretty good confidence we will see some form of frozen precipitation today.
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