Winter storm watch brings potential for snow in Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday - KETV Omaha

STILL OVERCAST OVER OMAHA RIGHT NOW VIEW 27TH AND DOUGLAS OVERLOOKING DOWNTOWN. A LITTLE DREARY, A LITTLE DRIZZLY BUT ALL OF OUR RAIN STARTING TO MOVE OUT. STILL, THOUGH, CLOUDY ACROSS THE BOARD, 38 AS TEMPERATURES START TO DROP HERE FOR OMAHA. FEELING LIKE 3041. LINCOLN FEELING LIKE 32. AND A BALMY 48 AND HARLAN FEELING LIKE 45. WIND GUSTS TODAY WILL STAY WITH US. UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST HELPING TO DRIVE NOT ONLY THOSE TEMPERATURES DOWN WITH THOSE NORTHERLY WINDS BUT ADDING TO THAT WIND CHILL. SATELLITE AND RADAR PLAYING OUT OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS, CONTINUING TO PUSH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS FURTHER OUT OF THE AREA. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT MOSTLY DRY OUTSIDE OF A COUPLE OF DRIZZLES HERE AND THERE. A COUPLE OF SPRINKLES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES DROPPING AS WE HEAD HOME FROM WORK TODAY. TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER THIRTIES, UPPER THIRTIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. STILL KEEPING IT PRETTY MILD. BUT OUR LATEST STORM PREDICTOR MODEL, WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW AND EVEN ICE HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT TODAY. CLOUDS STILL LOOKING WITH US. COULD GET A COUPLE OF FLURRIES WITH NO ACCUMULATION LIKELY WELL OFF TO THE NORTH. MOST OF US GOING TO JUST STAY CLOUDY STARTING THE DAY TOMORROW. BREAK FROM THE MOISTURE CLOUDS BUT SOME PEAKS OF SUNSHINE FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NOW HERE’S OVER NIGHT ON TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. WE’LL START TO SEE OUR CHANCE FOR SOME WET WEATHER, INCLUDING RAIN AND WINTRY MIX BEGIN TO MOVE IN FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE. NOW, THIS PARTICULAR FORECAST MODEL AND WHAT WE’RE REALLY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IS THIS FREEZING LINE HERE IN THE PINK WINTRY MIX. IT’S A LITTLE WETTER, OF COURSE, HERE IN THE PURPLES AND BLUES. THAT IS SNOW. NOW, THIS FORECAST MODEL KEEPING THAT FURTHER SOUTH OF I-80, KEEPING OMAHA AS WELL AS LINCOLN AND THE SNOW. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THAT TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. AND THIS FORECAST MODEL ALSO BRINGING QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE. SO THAT IS WHY SOME OF OUR FORECAST SNOW TOTALS STILL UP IN THE AIR. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, INCLUDING FOR LINCOLN IN OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, FURTHER NORTH OF I-80, WE ARE SEEING THAT WINTER STORM WATCH. AND THIS WILL BE UPGRADED TO EITHER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OR A WINTER STORM WARNING. 6 A.M. WEDNESDAY TO 6 A.M. THURSDAY WITH AT LEAST FOUR INCHES OF HEAVY, WET SNOW POSSIBLE. SO TIMING THIS OUT, STARTING AS THAT WINTRY MIX FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING DRIVE TRAINING OVER TO WET, HEAVY SNOW. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT, LINGERING SHOWERS BY THURSDAY WITH AT LEAST FOUR INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AT SOUTH OF 80, CLOSER TO THE NEBRASKA, MISSOURI, KANSAS BORDERS. LOOKING MORE LIKE ICE NOW. WE ARE SEEING THAT IMPACT WEATHER ICON FOR YOUR THURSDAY SEVERE ICON FOR THAT CHANCE FOR HEAVY WET SNOW WEDNESDAY