Temperatures Rise to Start Next Week
Forecast:
High temperatures across the state today will return close to our average for mid-July, reaching the upper 80s and lower 90s. We will see mostly sunny skies Sunday with winds out of the south/southwest. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible across the northeast corner of the state.
Any storms that can get going this afternoon will have the potential for hail and damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center does have a Marginal Risk (Level 1 out of 5) for northeastern Nebraska.
The latest model runs have been hesitant to show any development across this area throughout the afternoon and evening on Sunday.
Overnight lows will drop into the middle 60s with mostly clear skies across much of central and eastern portions of the state.
It should be a nice night as we close out the weekend here in the Capital City. Overnight, we will drop into the upper 60s with mostly clear skies and south/southwesterly winds.
Temperatures will continue to be on the rise as we start the work week with high temperatures in the 90s across southeastern Nebraska. The heat index could push close to 100 degrees with higher levels of humidity on Monday.
High temperatures in the Capital City will be in the mid-90s on Monday, with winds remaining out of the south/southwest bringing us plenty of heat and humidity.
Precipitation Chances:
Our next best chances for precipitation enter the forecast on Tuesday night through the middle portion of next week.
While it is a ways out still, the Storm Prediction Center is monitoring the chance for severe weather beginning Tuesday night. Currently, there is a Marginal Risk for northern and southwestern Nebraska as storms are expected to form along a front that will push down from the north. Models vary on the timing that this front will enter the state, but more clarity in the forecast should arrive in the next day or two.
Extended Forecast:
Rain chances will stick with us through most of next week, with Wednesday looking to be our best chance of precipitation in southeast Nebraska. High temperatures will dip just below average during the latter half of next week before warming up again going into the weekend of July 19-20.
Storm Alert Team Meteorologist
Dominic Ferraro
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