Omaha weather: Storm chances this week

METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY WITH THE FORECAST. YOU TRUST. WELL, TODAY STARTED SUNNY OUTSIDE. IT STARTED WARM. WE WERE HOT. WE GOT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND NOW WE’RE KIND OF TRANSITIONING INTO MORE OF A WET PATTERN HERE. AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER PATTERN AS WELL. LET ME SHOW YOU LIVE SUPER DOPPLER RADAR AT THE CURRENT TIME. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WE HAD ONE STORM POP UP AT AROUND 6 OR 7:00. IT PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THAT PRODUCED ENOUGH LIFT FOR MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP. SO KIND OF A LINE IF YOU’RE NEAR VALLEY NORTHWARD, UP NEAR BLAIR AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALSO INTO HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE WE HAVE THESE SCATTERING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND I WANT TO PIVOT BACK FURTHER WEST, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT’S COMING IN LATER ON TONIGHT. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT THE HASTINGS RADAR, WHICH HAS A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS. AND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS NOW PUSHED THROUGH THE GRAND ISLAND AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE STILL 100 MILES OR MORE AWAY FROM THE OMAHA AREA. BUT THAT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AT LEAST IS SOMEWHAT OF A SIGN THAT THESE STORMS ARE WEAKENING A LITTLE BIT. SO MAYBE BY THE TIME THEY GET HERE LIKELY BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE UPON ARRIVAL, WHICH WE’LL SHOW YOU HERE ON STORM PREDICTOR. WE DO HAVE IMPACT WEATHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOOKS LIKE LIKELY THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. THE SEVERE THREAT IS LOW. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY GIVEN DAY IS GOING TO BE A WASHOUT HERE, BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FOR THESE STORMS ON RADAR CONSISTENTLY, ALMOST AT ALL TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. ALTHOUGH YOU’RE GIVEN LOCATION MIGHT NOT HAVE RAIN THROUGH THAT COMPLETE TIME FRAME. HERE’S RADAR AND SATELLITE. THE BIG UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT’S PRODUCING SOME LIFT FOR THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AND NOTICE HOW WITH STORM PREDICTOR HERE, THEY’RE KIND OF LAGGING BEHIND A LITTLE BIT. THESE STORMS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING QUITE A BIT QUICKER THAN OUR FORECAST MODELS HAVE PREDICTED. SO THIS TIME FRAME HERE OF 330 MAYBE ARRIVING ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF OUR VIEWING AREA, MIGHT WANT TO SPEED THIS UP JUST SLIGHTLY. MAYBE THINK OF THESE CLOSER TO SAUNDERS COUNTY, DOWN THROUGH LANCASTER AND GAGE COUNTY BY THAT TIME FRAME. BUT THEY DO LOOK TO WEAKEN AND BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE RAIN COMING DOWN THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS STILL IN THE AREA BEFORE WE HAVE MAYBE SOME DRIER TIME THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. NOW WE’RE GOING TO WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT HERE BRIEFLY WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL BE MOSTLY DRY. MAYBE SOME SCATTERING, BUT VERY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING AND WE PRETTY MUCH WAIT THROUGH THURSDAY DAYTIME MAYBE AS WE GET INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY FAVOR THE IOWA SIDE THAT WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH FOR NOW, IN TERMS OF TOTAL RAIN POTENTIAL, DOESN’T LOOK LIKE FLOODING IS A HUGE RISK HERE. MAYBE YOU GET AN INCH HERE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON, BUT KEEP IN MIND ANOTHER ROUND COULD BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY THAT WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH FOR AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE LIGHTNING STRIKES LOOKING NORTH FROM CHARLES SCHWAB. A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES PRETTY MUCH AREA WIDE. NOW WE ARE IN THE 70S OUTSIDE. LOOKS LIKE WE’LL START TOMORROW IN THE MID 60S, BUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AGAIN WILL WARM TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WILL NOTE THOUGH, IF YOU LIVE IN THE ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE COOLER BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO GET MORE RAIN FOR TOMORROW. STILL IMPACT WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, NOT A WASHOUT THESE DAYS. LIKE A LOT OF THURSDAY, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE DRY TIME AND WE’LL WAIT FOR THE EVENING HOURS FOR MAYBE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WE’LL WATCH FRIDAY AS WELL BEFORE WE DRY OUT MORE FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT WE DO KIND OF START FALL A LITTLE BIT WARM THOUGH. YEAH, WE’VE G