In Like a Lion… Out Like a Lion… March 31, 2009

Most folks know the saying that March “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”.  You could make the argument that this year (at least in the Omaha metro)… the king of the beasts is making an appearance on both ends of the month.
March 1st… our high in Omaha was just 14… [...]

Another Spring Snowstorm… March 30, 2009

Over the weekend… parts of the Plains were “treated” to an early Spring snowstorm.  Fortunately… for us… the heavy snow fell to our south and southeast with nearly 2 feet of snow near Dodge City, Kansas and up to 6 inches of snow around the Kansas City metro.
Now… just a few days later… we’re looking [...]

Wintry Weather In Spring March 27, 2009

After starting off this week with spring storms… next up for the Midwest and Plains is an early spring snowstorm.  Fortunately for folks in the KETV Newswatch 7 viewing area… this storm is going to miss most of us.  While we could see a light rain/snow mix cross the area early this Thursday… the main event [...]

Severe Weather Wrap-Up March 25, 2009

Now that the National Weather Service has sent survey teams across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to check out the damage from Monday’s storms… here’s a quick summary of their findings.  It looks like the storm that moved across the metro (and dropped penny to golfball sized hail) produced 6 separate tornadoes during it’s life-span.  [...]

Spring Storms and… Cold !?! March 23, 2009

After seeing our highs in the lower 70s for the first weekend of Spring… we’re about to get a taste of our first round of spring storms late Monday.  The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has the entire KETV Channel 7 viewing area under a Slight Risk of severe weather late Monday afternoon into [...]

An Active Weather Pattern March 21, 2009

Greetings all,
It looks like we’ll be dealing with a very active weather pattern over the next few days.  Might be easiest to talk about it by breaking it down, day-by-day…
Saturday (Today)
What a beauty.  Temperatures made it to 70 degrees for a high temperature.  This is the third time we’ve hit 70 degrees this year.  However, [...]

Stick A Fork In (“Official”) Winter !! March 19, 2009

The vernal equinox (nicknamed “the beginning of spring”) will occur at 6:44am local time Friday.  Of course… it’s already felt like spring for much of the past week… and the next several days will be no different.
For late March… our average highs are in the lower 50s… and we’ll be above that through the upcoming [...]

Is It Spring Yet? March 16, 2009

Spring doesn’t “officially” begin until 6:44am on Friday… but we’ve got spring-like weather to close out this Winter season.  Today we’ll see highs in the lower 70s… our warmest temperatures in more than 4 months!  The last time we were warmer than today was November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th when we were, respectively, 76, 79, [...]

Warm-Up Begins March 13, 2009

Sorry folks for the lack of updates recently… the schedules here in the weather department was all over the board, but it’s settling down now.
I have some good news!  You probably felt it in the air today, but temperatures were warmer today than what we have seen in a few.  We say highs in the [...]

Snow to Melt… soon… I hope… March 2, 2009

The weather isn’t the greatest… it’s been cold.  On Sunday, we had our coldest March day since 2002.  In 2002, we had a high of 10 degrees and yesterday we had a high of 14 degrees.  That’s cold!  Clouds are also preventing a lot of melting action.  If we could get some sunshine, the snow [...]