thoughts week of 10.21.09
Posted
in Al Dutcher's Blog
at 05:37AM on 10/23/2009
It appears that the system currently working into the central U.S. will bring an abundance of moisture to the eastern 2/3 of the state. Quantitative precipitation forecasts point to 1-2 inches of moisture, with the heaviest totals south of I-80 from Hebron to Falls City. This region may experience isolated thunderstorms with hail being the primary severe weather threat. As the system pulls out of the region late Wednesday into early Thursday, some of the moisture may change to snow with accumulations possible across central Nebraska. At this time, nothing more than a dusting is expected due to warm ground and change over occurring at the tail end of the storm. The next weather maker moves into the area late Saturday into early Sunday with light showers and/or mixing with a few snow showers. Not a lot of moisture for this system to work with, primarily low level moisture left over from tonight and tomorrows storm. Temperature will remain below normal (upper 40's to upper 50's) through Sunday, with warming conditions (50's and 60's) into early next week. Another storm will enter the region late Tuesday into Wednesday and bring a chance of rain and snow to the state. Highs will drop back into the 40's. Models currently indicate that benign weather will hold across Nebraska until November 2nd when a strong storm is projected to hit the central U.S.
Al
Al
