Snow likely, bitterly cold air coming back

Snow is likely on Thursday, then blowing snow will be whipping around Thursday night into Friday morning. After that, the wind dies down a little, but the bitterly cold air comes back for Friday and Saturday. If we can just make it past Saturday, we’ll warm back up into the 30s Sunday and next week!

Snow is likely on Thursday with 1-2″ of snow for much of the state. A little more is possible in NE Nebraska with 2-4″ possible, a little less to the southwest.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in place for the northeastern half of Nebraska for the snow and blowing snow potential.

It goes into effect in northern Nebraska at 6am Thursday and for the rest of eastern Nebraska, the advisory starts at noon. It will come to an end Friday morning.

Snow moves into NW and north central Nebraska Thursday morning, into central and eastern Nebraska by late morning and early afternoon, and exiting SE Nebraska shortly after sunset. A gusty wind will then create blowing snow and white out conditions late Thursday into Friday morning.

The wind is expect to gust out of the north and northwest at 20 to 30 mph through Friday morning. This will help blow snow around creating tough driving conditions.

Then, the cold comes back. Highs will be in the teens on Thursday.

Highs will only be in the single digits for Friday.

Then it gets brutally cold. Temperatures by Saturday morning will be in the 15 to 20 degrees below zero range.

With temperatures this cold, any wind will create dangerous wind chills.

A Wind Chill Watch is in place for the likelihood of dangerously cold wind chills. We may see them drop as low as 40 degrees below zero.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins
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