Cooler for a few days; Easter will feel like June

Northwesterly winds are keeping southeast Nebraska cool for a few days.  It started Tuesday as high temperatures were 25° to 30° cooler than Monday.  We’ll remain 5° to 8° below the normal high temperature Wednesday.  Don’t fret, another nice warm-up is just around the corner.

TONIGHT:  Mostly clear skies.  Temperatures drop to the middle 20°s.

WEDNESDAY:  Mostly sunny, cool, and breezy.  High temperatures will be in the upper 40°s to lower 50°s.  Winds will gust to 40 mph at times on northwesterly winds.

THURSDAY:  Sunny skies and warmer.  High temperatures near normal, in the upper 50°s to near 60°.

The warm-up will continue in to the end of the work week.  Winds will turn southerly and skies will clear.  Highs Friday should reach the middle and upper 70°s.  Temperatures should reach the upper 70°s to near 80° Saturday.  Easter Sunday is going to feel more like the second week of June.  High temperatures will be in the lower 80°s.

– Chief Meteorologist John Dissauer