Stronger high winds Friday; storm chances return with threat of severe weather Sunday into early next week

After a fantastic and successful bike drive yesterday, we collected 331 bikes for the Lincoln Bike Kitchen.

Turns out, Friday is national bike to work day, too!

Very high winds will be really bothersome and blustery this Friday. In fact, they’ll likely be stronger than yesterday. Blowing dust could be an issue.

A High Wind Warning is in place from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for most of northern Nebraska (until 9 p.m. in northeast Nebraska) for northwest gusts up to 60 mph possible. Lincoln is included within a Wind Advisory for southeast Nebraska from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Friday night as possible wind gusts could be as strong as 50-55 mph.

Specifically in Lincoln we’ll feel these winds get worse by the late morning, yet especially the afternoon and early evening.

Here’s the timing of these high winds across the state of Nebraska throughout Friday into early Saturday.

More cloud cover will be seen Friday, but dry air will limit what falls from those clouds during the day. Maybe a few sprinkles in southeast Nebraska this morning if anything, yet some light rain moves through north and northeast Nebraska today as well.

Then on Saturday these winds will gradually back off and we’ll be in for a pleasant day. That kind of weather will be short-lived, though.

A stormy pattern starts Sunday through early next week, and we’ll have to be mindful of the threat for severe weather each day.

On Sunday, isolated to scattered severe storms will be possible the second part of the day. It may be more of an evening into early Monday morning event, but we’ll be working on more specifics through the weekend.

Eastern Nebraska is included in a possible risk for severe weather on Monday as well.

Keep with the Storm Alert Team through the weekend as we continue to push out the latest updates.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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