Cool weather for the weekend

The amount of rain that has fallen, especially across northern Nebraska, has been impressive. Reports range from about 3-5″ through north and central Nebraska from the past three days’ totals, with most coming from Thursday. The totals below are including the little rain we have seen through 2 p.m. Friday, too.

Reports in Lincoln through this timeframe have been up to about 0.6″ of an inch.

Most of that rain came from the front/upper-side of this low passing through Nebraska. Now experiencing the back side, a strong change in pressure has resulted in very strong winds across the state. Several reports of 50-60 mph wind gusts are shows below through Friday afternoon. The highest wind gust came from near Trenton at 66 mph!

Friday has been a gloomy, soggy day overall with a lot of mist and fast winds coming through this area. That will carry over into tonight and high school football. Channel 8’s Game of the Week features Norris and Crete facing off at 7 p.m. tonight.

It’ll be cold. It’ll be very windy. Wishing warm thoughts to all the fans!

Here’s a look at the wind gusts through the end of Friday and into the first part of Saturday. Winds will slowly diminish overnight, but gusts as high as 30-35 mph are still expected on Saturday.

Like Friday, highs will barely reach the 50s on Saturday. Highs generally will be in the lower 50s for most under overcast skies again.

And this weekend as a whole is expected to stay cooler, with highs in the 50s. With a bye week for the Huskers, bundling up and heading out to the pumpkin patch may be a good idea. It’ll be windy here and there, though.

As for the buzz around the solar eclipse happening on Saturday, there will be a ton of cloud cover to shield our view in eastern Nebraska. If you are heading somewhere to view it, make sure to have eye protection! Peak coverage of the moon in front of the sun will happen through the late morning hours of Saturday.

Wishing everyone a cozy weekend full of warm drinks and sweaters and/or flannels.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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