Rain, ice and snow to impact travel through the weekend

LEADER, METEOROLOGIST MATT SERWE WITH YOUR ACCURATE WEATHER NOW FORECAST. MATT: DOWNTOWN OMAHA, STILL DRY RIGHT NOW. PROBABLY THE LAST TIME I WILL B ABLE TO SAY THAT FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS. 39. THE TEMPERATURES FELT PRETTY STEADY. DEW POINT, STILL 28. THERE A DRY OUT THERE. 43 THE HIGH. 21 BELOW. WE -- THE LOW. WE WERE BONE DRY OUT HERE. RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 30’S. LOOK AT THAT NEAR YORK. 32 DEGREES WITH LIQUID RING. THAT IS FREEZING RAIN. -- WITH LIQUID RAIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ICY SPOTS. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30’S. EVERYTHING IS LIFTING TO THE NORTH RIGHT NOW. THIS MOISTURE STARTS TO PULL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE IS PLENTY OF IT OUT THERE. THIS IS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC. WHEN IT RUNS INTO THE COLD AIR, A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR COLORADO, SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE. -- EDGE OF THAT. IN OMAHA, COLD RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. 47 AT NOON. MORE RAIN BY 4:00 P.M. WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MIXING IN AS ALL. LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE, HIGHS AROUND 50 IN OMAHA. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THE NORTHWEST, EXPECT BIGGER IMPACTS FROM THE STORM SYSTEM. SOME ICING TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AROUND YORK RIGHT NOW. JUST RAIN AND RUMBLES OF THUNDER SATURDAY, BUT SATURDAY NO, ANOTHER ICY MIX WITH SNOW TO THE NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. LIGHT SNOW ON SUNDAY. THE STORM PREDICTOR SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICING TO THE WEST TONIGHT, AND LOOK AT ALL OF THIS RAIN TOMORROW. RUMBLES OF THUNDER, ROUNDS OF RAIN, UPPER 40’S AND LOW 50’S TEMPERATURES. A WINTRY MIX CHANGES TO SNOW WELL OFF TO THE WEST, THAN THE SNOW REPS AND LATE ON SUNDAY TOWARD THE OMAHA METRO. -- THEN THE SNOW WRAPS IN LATE ON SUNDAY TOWARD THE OMAHA METRO. MAYBE A 10TH OF AN INCH OF SNOW WHEN ISOLATED PLACES. SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, UP TO ONE INCH IN OMAHA. WE COULD SEE TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN NORFOLK. 50 TOMORROW. 32 SUNDAY. 29 MONDAY. QUIET AND CALLED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. -- QUIET AND COLD ON NEW YEAR’S EV

Rain, ice, and snow will impact travel through the weekend as a strong storm system moves into the region.Expect rain to move into the metro after 10 p.m. Friday. Farther west, a wintry mix including freezing rain could put a light icing over cities like York, Norfolk, and West Point. Temperatures will be hovering around freezing, so ice is possible but it is not a guarantee! A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for those areas through Saturday morning.Temperatures will remain above freezing in the metro overnight as periods of heavy rain continue into Saturday. Isolated rumbles of thunder could create locally heavier downpours from Interstate 80 to the south! Rain totals could range from 1 to 2 inches across most of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with isolated higher totals possible.Cold air will start to work in Saturday night and change the rain over to a wintry mix and snow from west to east. On Sunday, light snow continues northwest of Omaha, but some snow showers could get into the metro during the day. There is a better chance for widespread light snow and accumulations in the Omaha metro Sunday night into Monday.In addition to the snow, strong winds will cause blowing and drifting of snow in rural areas Sunday and Monday. These winds and blowing snow should keep roads slippery in central and northern Nebraska through the entire weekend. Some isolated snow covered roads are possible in the metro Sunday night into Monday morning.

Rain, ice, and snow will impact travel through the weekend as a strong storm system moves into the region.

Expect rain to move into the metro after 10 p.m. Friday. Farther west, a wintry mix including freezing rain could put a light icing over cities like York, Norfolk, and West Point. Temperatures will be hovering around freezing, so ice is possible but it is not a guarantee! A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for those areas through Saturday morning.

Temperatures will remain above freezing in the metro overnight as periods of heavy rain continue into Saturday. Isolated rumbles of thunder could create locally heavier downpours from Interstate 80 to the south! Rain totals could range from 1 to 2 inches across most of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with isolated higher totals possible.

Cold air will start to work in Saturday night and change the rain over to a wintry mix and snow from west to east. On Sunday, light snow continues northwest of Omaha, but some snow showers could get into the metro during the day. There is a better chance for widespread light snow and accumulations in the Omaha metro Sunday night into Monday.

In addition to the snow, strong winds will cause blowing and drifting of snow in rural areas Sunday and Monday. These winds and blowing snow should keep roads slippery in central and northern Nebraska through the entire weekend. Some isolated snow covered roads are possible in the metro Sunday night into Monday morning.

Rain, ice and snow to impact travel through the weekend

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