Break on Monday; strong storms possible Tuesday and Wednesday
We’ve all seen a lot of rain recently, with over 2-3″ seen in the eastern three-quarters of the state. Wow! We’re not done yet, either. More showers and thunderstorms will be possible on and off throughout the remainder of the week after Monday.
Monday is the one chance for us to get a breather. We’ll have a calm day in the lower 70s with lighter winds out of the west around 10-20 mph. The active period that only started last week looks to carry over into the first part of May.
Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected as soon as tomorrow and Wednesday. At times, some of these storms are expected to be severe. A Slight (Level 2 of 5) risk is in place for all of eastern Nebraska as storms develop along a cold front Tuesday afternoon.
The primary threats will be very large hail and damaging winds, but a few tornadoes also cannot be ruled out at this time.
This cold front will first be in western Nebraska by Tuesday morning, with some light showers possible first. Then as the cold front moves east into eastern Nebraska during the peak heating hours of the day, we’ll be watching for stronger storms to try to fill in along the cold front. These storms are going to be fairly quick movers, moving on after about 7 – 8 p.m. Tuesday evening.
The second punch this week will come later on Wednesday, favoring the evening timeframe. With these storms, the severe risk shifts to be mainly over southeast Nebraska. The highest local risk is a Slight (Level 2 of 5) risk over southern and southeast Nebraska toward northern Kansas.
Stormcast below has the timing of Wednesday’s round. This comes from a developing system to our south, driving storms to develop across southern Nebraska that are expected to be their strongest earlier in the evening with the severe threat dropping off at they lift farther north Wednesday night.
There are showers and thunderstorms in the forecast off and on into this upcoming weekend. We’re in for more rain as we transition to May!
Meteorologist Jessica Blum
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