Snow, extreme cold expected to move into Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday - KETV Omaha

WHAT A LOT OF US ARE WATCHING THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I’M STILL BAD AROUND HERE THIS EVENING. I SAID YES. I THOUGHT THE WEATHER SERVICE SHOULD HAVE STARTED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING THAT WE WOULDN’T HAVE TOO MUCH IMPACT UNTIL THAT TIME. AND IT STILL LOOKS BAD AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING. JUST THAT WE WEREN’T REALLY ANTICIPATING MUCH TO GO ON RIGHT NOW. IF YOU’VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR THIS EVENING, AS I MENTIONED, THINGS GOING DOWNHILL. RAIN FACTOR GETS A THREE FOR THE EVENING BECAUSE. YOU CAN GET AROUND THE MOMENT IT’S COLD, BUT SNOW WILL INCREASE A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THE WINDS REALLY PICK UP LATER ON TONIGHT. AND REALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DEAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WINDSHIELD WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. WE WILL PROBABLY FOR THE MOST PART, BE IN THE WIND CHILL RANGE FROM 30 BELOW TO 40, BELOW. AGAIN, THIS STARTED AT NOON. WINTER STORM WARNING. AS WE GET INTO TIME THIS EVENING, WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE SNOW. WINDS ARE GOING TO PICK UP. SO WE WILL GET SOME ROUGH CONDITIONS AND THEN A BLIZZARD WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW ACROSS IOWA FROM ATLANTIC TO DES MOINES. HERE’S OUR STORM PREDICTOR SHOWING YOU THE SNOW. IT’S MOSTLY HAS BEEN EAST OF US INTO IOWA THIS AFTERNOON, PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT IN OMAHA, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. WE’LL GET A BREAK OR TWO. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY OUR BEST SNOW BETWEEN TEN AND MIDNIGHT, A BURST OF MODERATE, EXTREMELY STRONG NORTH. WINDS START BLOWING AND THEN THAT’S GOING TO BE IT AS IT MOVES ON OUT OF HERE AND GONE LONG BEFORE THE MORNING DRIVE. THAT COMPUTER MODEL IS PROJECTING 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW IN OMAHA, 1.3 IN FREMONT AND 3.6 IN PLATTSMOUTH. SO A BIT OF A SPREAD RIGHT HERE. HERE ARE THE OTHER COMPUTER MODELS WE USE. THAT’S THE NAME COMPUTER MODEL. HERE’S THE GFC COMPUTER MODEL, ALL OF THEM HINTING AT MORE SNOW INTO IOWA AND IN SOME SENSE A LITTLE MORE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE METRO. SO A LOT OF OUR OUT THERE PROBABLY GETS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE, PROBABLY 2 TO 3 IN OMAHA AND THEN MORE, AS YOU GET DOWN TO THE SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. AGAIN, RIGHT NOW IT’S JUST CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES AND BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS ON THE ROADWAYS, THEY’RE MOSTLY JUST WET. 18 FEELS LIKE SEVEN WITH A LIGHT NORTH BREEZE. 18 BENNINGTON COUNCIL BLUFFS. 13 TEKAMAH. 21 PLATTSMOUTH. 26 NEBRASKA CITY. EVERYBODY’S BELOW FREEZING, BUT SUBSTANTIALLY SO SNOW. SO TO THE NORTH OF US HERE ARE THE FLURRIES. YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT SNOW THAT’S BEEN EAST OF US IN IOWA IS MOVING AWAY. AND THEN AGAIN THERE’S AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN ARCTIC FRONT RIGHT HERE. AND AS SURGES SOUTHEAST WHERE WE’LL GET THAT BAND OF BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW TO THE OMAHA METRO LATE THIS EVENING. AND THEN THE NORTH WINDS ARE BLOWING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THAT’S THE STORY INTO TOMORROW. NO SNOW, BUT JUST BLOWING SNOW. SEVERE COLD, VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. WE COULD SEE I-80, PERHAPS GET SHUT DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF IOWA OFF TO THE EAST OF US. IF YOU’VE GOT TRAVEL PLANS, SEVERE WINTER IMPACTS, 11 BELOW ZERO FOR LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT MEAN THAT IS EXTREMELY ROUGH. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE OMAHA. METRO WINDY AND FRIGID THROUGH THE DAY. WE STAY BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. A DAYTIME TEMPERATURE HIGH OF SIX BELOW ZERO. STILL QUITE AND STILL EXTREMELY COLD. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES AROUND EIGHT FOR THE HIGH. THEN STILL QUITE COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES START TO MODERATE. AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK, I’LL HAVE TO ADJUST TO SANTA CLAUS.