OTHER STUFF. JUST KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON KETV CHANNEL SEVEN. HEY, WE'RE WATCHING OUT FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING, BUT IT'S AFTER DARK TONIGHT. RAIN BE FACTOR. TIME FOR THIS EVENING. I SAY IT'S A SIX. OKAY. I'D GO HIGHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER NINE, 10:00, THERE IS A CHANCE TO GET A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER SAYS THERE'S A MARGINAL RISK THAT IT COULD BE A SEVERE STORM. AND THEN A SLIGHT RISK OR GREATER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS UP INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LET'S GO THROUGH OUR COMPUTER MODELS. THIS IS THE HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPH COMPUTER MODEL THAT WE SHOW OUR STORM PREDICTOR MAPS ON ALL THE TIME. AT 630. THAT'S 830. SEE THESE CLOUDS IN HERE? THIS COMPUTER MODEL SAYS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS GOING TO STAY CAPPED AND NOTHING FORM IN HERE. BUT THE BIG STORMS ARE GOING TO BE OUT TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF US. COLUMBUS NORFOLK. THERE'S 1030, 1130 UP INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SO IF YOU'RE IN NORFOLK COLUMBUS SCHUYLER UP TOWARD WEST POINT, YOU WANT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER HERE THIS EVENING, FARTHER SOUTH. THIS DOESN'T DO MUCH, DOES BRING AN OUTFLOW THROUGH HERE, WHICH COULD BRIEFLY GET OUR WINDS 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS IS THE OTHER SHORT RANGE COMPUTER MODELS, WHAT WE CALL THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH. BOTH OF THESE UPDATE EVERY HOUR OR TWO, AND THIS ONE SAYS THAT THE CAP, THE WARM MID-LEVEL AIR IS GOING TO BREAK BRIEFLY THIS EVENING. HERE'S 930 WITH SCATTERED STORMS FROM LINCOLN DOWN TOWARD FALLS CITY. AND THEN BY 11, APPROACHING THE METRO. BUT THEN WEAKENING AS THEY GET HERE. SO THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD EITHER FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN IN THE METRO, BUT AT LEAST HAS THE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AND THEN THE TAIL END OF THE STORMS NORTH OF US APPROACH LATE TONIGHT WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND MAYBE SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AROUND 5 OR 6:00 IN THE MORNING. WE'VE HAD GUSTY WINDS. IT'S BEEN REALLY WARM, BUT SO FAR NOT QUITE YET TO 90. 89 IS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE. NO PRECIPITATION. BOY, WE NEED SOME RAIN, RIGHT? INCH AND A HALF BELOW AVERAGE. JUST THIS MONTH. MORE THAN TWO BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR. AND WE'VE STILL GOT ALL THAT TREE POLLEN IN THE AIR. NO GRASS POLLEN, NO WEED POLLEN, AIR QUALITY. BETTER TODAY. LESS OZONE. BENSON GOLF COURSE. BOY, THAT LOOKS GOOD DOWN THERE. SEE THE SUNNY SKY CAMERA HERE? 72ND CROWN POINT 89. SOUTH WIND AT 17 DEW POINT 54. JUST A NICE SUMMER DAY, EXCEPT IT'S ONLY MID-MAY, SO THIS IS UNUSUALLY WARM WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND. DUAL POLL SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR. QUIET SEVERE WEATHER. WATCH HERE FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THAT'S WHERE THE STORMS ARE GETTING GOING. THIS DISTURBANCE IS STILL PRETTY FAR WEST, WHICH KIND OF LIMITS THE STORM CHANCE TO ME, BUT WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS ON THAT WARM FRONT, MOST LIKELY NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AT RISK FOR STORMS. THEN IT'S ALL OUT OF HERE BY TOMORROW MORNING, THOUGH, IT WILL BE WINDY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND NOT QUITE AS WARM. SO A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AFTER DARK. 64 DEGREES FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT. ANOTHER DAY WHERE THE WINDS ARE STRONG THIS TIME OUT OF THE WEST. THE TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS WARM, BUT STILL LIKELY TO MAKE THE LOW 80S HERE ON THURSDAY, THEN STAY IN THE 70S ON FRIDAY AND STAYING WINDY SATURDAY. BOY, THAT LOOKS NICE. NOT AS WINDY AND REALLY PLEASANT TEMPERATURE WISE THEN CLOUDS INCREASE. SUNDAY ACTUALLY HAVE GREATER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, ALONG WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER WEATHER. AND THAT COOL DOWN WILL B
Storm chance tonight around Omaha and eastern Nebraska
By Bill Randby