Temperatures rebound on Thursday before Arctic Blast arrives

A few light snow showers were in the forecast for Wednesday afternoon with the expectation that they’d have to overcome some dry air in the low levels of the atmosphere before any snow could survive to the ground. While the snow was not able to do so in Lincoln, it was able to do so in the far southeast corner of the state. Regardless, it was a chilly day with highs stuck in the 20s.

Clouds will stick around on Wednesday evening. We should be partly to mostly cloudy on average overnight and into Thursday morning. Low temperatures will be near 12° in Lincoln.

Despite some morning clouds, they fizzle out by the afternoon. As skies turn mostly clear, temperatures also rebound into the low-40s.

This rebound in temperatures will be brief, as highs dip back into the 30s on Friday. A potent storm system will approach late New Year’s Eve and into New Year’s Day. Here’s what we know right now regarding this weekend’s storm system:

Snow will overspread the state of Nebraska late Friday night and into Saturday, likely in the Lincoln area after midnight. While the event is still three to four days away, it is still too early to discuss the specifics of the accumulation potential.

Nevertheless, the first significant snow of the season is looking likely as several inches of snow are possible. Know that the farther south you live, the more snow you are likely to receive. If you have any New Year’s Eve plans and are planning on staying out late, understand that the onset of the snow looks like it’ll be late Friday and early Saturday. Onset times will be closer to Friday night farther west.

The other story is the dangerously cold wind chill values in the forecast. Wind chills should have a hard time getting above 0° from late Friday through Sunday afternoon!

Stay tuned to the forecast from day to day as changes will be made as new information comes in. However, we’re confident at this rate that we’ll be ringing in 2022 with some snow and bitter cold!

Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

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