Weather whiplash arrives in southeast Nebraska this weekend. Get any outdoor plans out of the way on Saturday, a strong cold front arrives on Sunday, bringing high winds and a wintry mix of precipitation.

Weekend Weather Alerts:

First, getting everyone up to date on weather alerts across the state this weekend, the fire weather risk continues for central and western Nebraska on Saturday. A Red Flag Warning is in place throughout the afternoon and into the evening.

Turning our attention to Sunday, most of the state is under a High Wind Watch from Sunday morning until early Monday morning. Wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour will be possible as a strong cold front moves through.

Rounding out our alerts, a Winter Storm Watch is in place for northeast Nebraska starting Sunday morning and continuing into early Monday morning. Strong winds combined with a chance for snow will create hazardous travel conditions for much of the day Sunday.

Short-range runs of StormCast show a small chance of precipitation tonight in northeast Nebraska. Impacts from this passing disturbance look to be minimal.

We will start out with a chance for rain and a wintry mix in southeast Nebraska before we see that precipitation change to snow for Sunday afternoon and evening.

With the transition from wintry mix to snow, that can have an impact on snow totals. Models for the moment have kept us on the lighter side for snow accumulations, though serious travel impacts are still expected with the stronger winds in the forecast.

Forecast:

Bringing the forecast back to your Friday evening, lows tonight will be close to freezing once again in southeast Nebraska.

We are likely looking at the lower 30s tonight in Lincoln under variable cloud cover.

Temperatures will warm up with a breezy southeasterly wind on Saturday, with highs in the 60s and 70s.

Here is a look at your Saturday forecast for the Capital City.

Following Sunday’s snow chance, we will have a very cold morning commute on Monday. This cold spell will not last long, as we are back into the upper 40s for St. Patrick’s Day and in the 70s and 80s for the back half of the work week.

Storm Alert Team Meteorologist
Dominic Ferraro
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