Winter storm potential for Friday into Saturday

Winter Weather Advisories are in place for northeast Nebraska with Winter Storm Warnings into Iowa. This starts Friday morning and goes through Saturday.

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To begin, light snow is possible in eastern Nebraska Friday morning into the early afternoon, then some light drizzle and freezing drizzle is possible into Friday evening. This should all stay under winter headlines criteria. See below for a video of what this will look like on radar Friday.

If we do see some light freezing drizzle, the best chance for it would be Friday evening. This will try to linger into the overnight.

Temperatures on Friday will range from the 20s northeast to the 50s west. Lincoln will hover around the freezing mark.

The accumulating snow chance then kicks in for Saturday. Below is what our StormCast weather model is showing for timing, location, and duration of the storm potential.

The highest snowfall totals will be in northeast Nebraska into Iowa. The rest of eastern Nebraska will be on the southern edge of this storm system so smaller amounts are likely. Also, rain may happen first in SE Nebraska, so that will take away some of the snow, and dry air on the back end of this storm will slow the snowfall potential, too.

It won’t matter how much snow is on the ground because if there is any, it will likely be blowing around Saturday afternoon. Wind gusts out of the northwest will be blowing at 20 to 40 mph.

After Saturday, we dry out on Sunday but it’s going to be COLD. Light snow chances return Monday then small chances Tuesday and Wednesday.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins 
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