A chance for storms, but mainly in far southeast Nebraska

Memorial Day 2022 was a warm, windy, and humid day for sure! It was mostly dry across southeast Nebraska, although a few had to dodge some very isolated morning showers along with a few in the afternoon as well. But for the most part, the day was dry.

The weather was very active in central and northern Nebraska on Sunday night. Things have settled down since then, meaning that we have a much better understanding of how storms might play out on Monday evening in southeast Nebraska.

Anytime after 6 p.m. Monday, a stray shower or storm is fair game in Lincoln. A more organized line of storms is also forecast to develop somewhere in southeast Nebraska, which could be on the stronger side. Damaging winds, large hail, and perhaps an isolated tornado are possible along that line.

The latest data indicate that this line of storms will most likely develop just to the southeast of Lincoln. It will be a close call, however. We’ll keep a close eye on things as the night wears on, but the highest storm chance on Monday evening will be closer to Beatrice, Pawnee City, and Falls City.

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 1 a.m. for Pawnee, Richardson, and Nemaha counties. This watch does not include Lincoln, hinting at the fact that storm chances are better to the southeast.

So while Lincoln may miss out on the storms Monday night, but they’ll be close by nevertheless. Skies turn mostly clear to partly cloudy overnight Monday. It should be cooler and less windy with a low in the middle-50s. While I believe Lincoln stays dry into Tuesday morning, a morning shower is possible to the south near Fairbury, Beatrice, and Pawnee City.

Tuesday will be a cooler, less humid, and less windy day. We’ll have plenty of sunshine to work with, and highs will be in the upper-70s to low-80s near Lincoln.

While Tuesday remains dry, clouds return early Wednesday along with the chance for some scattered showers. Wednesday will be a cool day, so we’re not expecting much in the way of widespread thunderstorm activity nor severe weather.

Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

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