Hello Dolly July 29, 2008

Yes… I know… It’s the most overused line in the news business over the last week, but I couldn’t resist.  The wind is gone, but the clouds and the moisture associated with Dolly are impacting our weather today.  Dolly rolled into south Texas last week.  From there it travelled into New Mexico spun around a [...]

Hot w/ a Dash of T’storms July 26, 2008

I hope you’re enjoying our weather… Omaha was spared the worst of the heat today thanks to the clouds.  Our high in Omaha was 83, but in Lincoln where there were fewer clouds it got all the way to 90 degrees.  I don’t think we would have hit 90 in Omaha if we had no [...]

Enjoying Summer? July 25, 2008

Weather like this is what summers are made of.. we’re looking at hot temperatures, muggy dewpoints, and the chance for thunderstorms.  It doesn’t get much more summer than that and what we’ve seen over the past few days will continue to be the trend over the next few.
Fog and morning clouds kept temperatures down some [...]

Typical Mid-Summer Weather July 18, 2008

Okay… so this weekend will be a bit uncomfortable… with the warmth/heat and humidity.  Also… there is a slight risk of thunderstorms late Saturday and again late Sunday.  But… this really isn’t unusual for the middle of July.  Our average highs this time of year are in the upper 80s… and we’ll generally be in [...]

Storms… Again… July 17, 2008

At the risk of sounding like a broken record… let’s just say that our weather looks stormy (off and on) through the upcoming weekend.  Some of the heaviest rain (along with alot of lightning) will occur on Thursday evening and Thursday night.  After another round on Friday… look for the rain to be less widespread [...]

Back to “real” July weather July 14, 2008

After a break from the heat and humidity over the weekend… when we saw highs in the lower to mid 80s (average is around 88 for mid-July)… temperatures will once again climb on Monday.  Look for a stretch of upper 80s and 90s to stick around for at least the next week.  At least the [...]

Who’ll Stop The Storms ?? July 11, 2008

With due apologies to John Fogerty… I (certainly along with many other folks around the Heartland) have had enough of severe weather this season.  Heading into the weekend… we could see another round as a cold front swings in from our northwest.  As of late afternoon… the Storm Prediction Center had our area under a [...]

A Few Things… July 8, 2008

The Rain:
Last night another round of rain rolled through the metro.  Here are some rainfall totals..

Bennington: 0.05″
Valley: 0.18″
Eppley: 0.46″
Council Bluffs (3 miles northeast): 1.20″
Counil Bluffs: 0.61″
35th & Charles (Omaha): 1.06″
Offutt: 0.89″
Papillion: 0.26″
Plattsmouth: 1.03″
Gretna (3 miles northeast): 1.15″
Millard: 0.40″
201st & Farnam: 0.69″

Across the viewing area it looked like this..

Beatrice: 0.07″
Fremont: 0.08″
Lincoln: 0.22″
Harlan, IA: 0.73″
Red Oak, IA: [...]

A Mild Independence Day July 4, 2008

If our weather felt more comfortable than usual this Fourth of July… that’s because it was.  Our “average” high temperature for early July is 87… and we only climbed into the lower 80s on Friday.  In fact… this was our coolest Independence Day in Omaha since 1997… when the high was just 73.
Look for the [...]

No Fireworks From Mother Nature July 3, 2008

After another day of (at least isolated) stormy weather… we’ll be seeing a break in the action into the weekend.  A quick recap of Wednesday afternoon’s storms first:  a lone thunderstorm developed around Fort Calhoun… produced inch diameter hail just south of there… then slowly dropped across the metro.  As the storm moved south… penny-sized [...]