Winds go up another notch for Thursday

Winds were blowing out of the northwest for most of Wednesday.  Gusts reached as high as 60 mph in Hall County.  Lincoln had a peak wind gust of 48 mph.

Overnight winds will ease slightly.  Winds will remain out of the northwest gusting to 30 mph at time.

They will pick up in intensity again Thursday morning.  This time, winds will reach higher speeds than Wednesday.  Winds could start to gust 50 to 60 mph in the Tri Cities are early as 8 a.m.  By late morning winds will start to gust 50+ mph in Lincoln.

Temperatures will also be on the cool side Thursday.  Under mostly cloudy skies temperatures will only reach the lower to middle 40°s.  A few light scattered showers will be possible during the afternoon.  The air will be cold enough a few thousand feet above the ground that a few snowflakes may fall.

– Chief Meteorologist John Dissauer