A cold front set to arrive possibly as soon as late Thursday afternoon could bring rain and a small chance of severe thunderstorms.
Omaha, NE
Right Now
81°
Clear
- Humidity: 69%
- Feels Like: 86°
- Heat Index: 86°
- Wind: 7 mph
- Wind Chill: 81°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 06:47:36 AM
- Sunset: 08:02:46 PM
- Dew Point: 70°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Heute
Clear to partly cloudy. Low 73F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear to partly cloudy. Low 73F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow
Partly cloudy in the morning. Thunderstorms developing later in the day. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 91F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Next 12 Hours
Zeit
Temp
Precip
12 AM
80°
1%
12 AM
80°
Wind: SSE @ 6 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 69%
Wind Chill: 80°
Heat Index: 84°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
1 AM
79°
1%
1 AM
79°
Wind: SSE @ 7 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 73%
Wind Chill: 79°
Heat Index: 83°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
2 AM
78°
1%
2 AM
78°
Wind: SSE @ 7 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 74%
Wind Chill: 78°
Heat Index: 78°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
3 AM
77°
1%
3 AM
77°
Wind: SSE @ 7 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 79%
Wind Chill: 77°
Heat Index: 77°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
4 AM
75°
2%
4 AM
75°
Wind: SSE @ 6 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 81%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
5 AM
75°
2%
5 AM
75°
Wind: SSE @ 6 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 82%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
6 AM
74°
2%
6 AM
74°
Wind: SSE @ 6 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 84%
Wind Chill: 74°
Heat Index: 74°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 69°
7 AM
74°
4%
7 AM
74°
Wind: SSE @ 6 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 85%
Wind Chill: 74°
Heat Index: 77°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
8 AM
76°
3%
8 AM
76°
Wind: SSE @ 7 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 83%
Wind Chill: 76°
Heat Index: 80°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
9 AM
79°
2%
9 AM
79°
Wind: SSE @ 9 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 75%
Wind Chill: 79°
Heat Index: 83°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
10 AM
83°
1%
10 AM
83°
Wind: S @ 10 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 65%
Wind Chill: 83°
Heat Index: 88°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
11 AM
86°
0%
11 AM
86°
Wind: S @ 11 mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 60%
Wind Chill: 86°
Heat Index: 91°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
It's been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods.
An excessive heat advisory will remain in effect through Monday evening in Omaha with heat index values of 105 to 107 degrees expected.
Temperatures in the Omaha metro area are set to spike into the 90s this weekend, while eat indexes are expected to reach up and over 100 degrees.
The July 31 storm that swept across Lincoln and Omaha caused the third-largest outage in Lincoln Electric System history and is going to wind up costing the utility close to $2 million.
Quiet and dry weather conditions are expected to remain over the Omaha area in the coming week with high temperatures in the low to mid-80s.
It rained a lot in the Omaha area on Wednesday. But that’s all it did, as the worst of the forecast did not come to pass.
Fall sports practice started this week, and Nebraska high schools are taking steps to deal with the inevitable heat. Mike Patterson breaks down those protocols.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch in Omaha until 1 a.m.
Two to three inches of rain fell across the Omaha area early Wednesday and more storms are expected to develop this evening.
The July 31 windstorm, which caused the largest outage in the Omaha Public Power District's history, cost the utility an estimated $30 million, OPPD officials said Tuesday.
High temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s will be paired with chances for rain most days this week in the Omaha area.
Three storms in the Omaha metro area produced rainfalls that qualified as 100-year or greater events — generally defined as 7 inches or more over a 24-hour period — within a month and a half. Why wasn't there more flooding?