Cloudy. High near 65F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.
Thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe. Low 53F. Winds NNE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Thunderstorms likely. High 64F. ENE winds shifting to WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
Wind: N @ 10 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 66%
Wind Chill: 63°
Heat Index: 64°
UV Index: 5 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: N @ 10 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 63%
Wind Chill: 65°
Heat Index: 65°
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: N @ 11 mph
Precip: 9% Chance
Humidity: 65%
Wind Chill: 63°
Heat Index: 64°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: N @ 10 mph
Precip: 16% Chance
Humidity: 69%
Wind Chill: 62°
Heat Index: 63°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNE @ 11 mph
Precip: 17% Chance
Humidity: 73%
Wind Chill: 60°
Heat Index: 62°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
Wind: NNE @ 11 mph
Precip: 24% Chance
Humidity: 76%
Wind Chill: 58°
Heat Index: 60°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNE @ 11 mph
Precip: 52% Chance
Humidity: 79%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 59°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 7 mi
Wind: NNE @ 11 mph
Precip: 63% Chance
Humidity: 83%
Wind Chill: 55°
Heat Index: 58°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 5 mi
Wind: NE @ 12 mph
Precip: 63% Chance
Humidity: 85%
Wind Chill: 54°
Heat Index: 57°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 5 mi
Wind: NE @ 13 mph
Precip: 59% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 53°
Heat Index: 56°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 4 mi
Wind: NNE @ 15 mph
Precip: 65% Chance
Humidity: 90%
Wind Chill: 52°
Heat Index: 55°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 4 mi
Wind: NNE @ 16 mph
Precip: 63% Chance
Humidity: 91%
Wind Chill: 50°
Heat Index: 54°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 4 mi
A dramatic change in the weather was on track to push into the Plains and Midwest in mid-January as a strong cold front accompanied by the climate phenomenon El Niño triggered authentic winter conditions packing fierce sub-zero wind chills and more frequent snow events.
States are expanding their system of weather stations to better observe, predict the weather. “There won’t be a snowflake or drop of rain that won’t hit within 20 miles of these stations,” said Nathan Edwards of South Dakota Mesonet.
This winter in the Central Plains is forecast to have weather typical of la Niña. That means slightly drier and slightly warmer, although a wild card thrown into the mix could mean a snowy start, mainly for northern Nebraska.
La Niña has ended, and although Kansas, and Nebraska received drought-easing rain and snow in recent months, the state could still revert to a drier pattern.
As planting season approaches, the mid-March rains were a blessing for farmers in the central Plains who have been facing abnormally dry conditions and in some cases drought.
On the heels of record cold February in the Plains, farmers and ranchers are closely eyeing the spring forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center Feb. 18.
The National Weather Service is upgrading the weather radar webpage that farmers, ranchers and other weather watchers can use to see developing storms and precipitation.
With our country said to be more vulnerable to extreme weather events — severe storms and tornadoes, extreme rainfall, heat waves, drought, hurricanes and higher average temperatures — a big question is how producers will adapt.
Some are calling it weird weather.
The summer forecast favors above normal precipitation and near normal temperatures for most of Nebraska and Kansas.
The spring flooding of 2019 isn’t far enough in the rearview mirror for some folks in the Central Great Plains, and many are looking at flood potential for 2020. The difference between this year and last, however, is that locations most likely to experience flooding are a little harder to pinpoint.
March Madness isn’t just about basketball. Climatologists throughout the U.S. are immersed in CoCoRaHS March Madness, which has them recruiting volunteer rain and snow observers for the data-gathering program.
Farmers and ranchers talk about weather as much as meteorologists and climatologists because immediate, micro-scale and long-term forecasts affect almost everybody’s livelihood and the farm economy.
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