Afternoon & evening plans or commutes will be impacted! MOD/HEAVY blowing snow bands will occur with the heaviest snow & whiteout conditions: 11am-8pm. A sharp cutoff & uncertainty along and north of HWY 20. This might trend more southward towards the I-80 corridor. Expect BLUSTERY conditions all day with feel like temperatures near 0 to 5 degrees. Snow will be linger into early Friday morning.
WINTER STORM WARNING & WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Exact timing varies, but overall this all goes through late Thursday into very early Friday. These advisories and warnings are in place along and north of I-80. With a gusty north wind, blowing and drifting will make travel difficult to impossible.
WARNING= Snow up to 4-6″+ with gusty winds 35+ mph.
ADVISORY= Snow up to 2-4″+ with gusty winds 35+mph.
Moderate/heavy snowfall will occur farther west through 3pm. By 11am, peak winter storm conditions will begin. Snowfall rates up to 1″/hr. will occur within the heaviest bands near Broken Bow, Ord & Albion near noon. Lincoln, Grand Island & Omaha will start to see conditions ramp up near 2-4pm. Expect accumulating snow to begin at this time and continue through 11pm.
Best chance for 5-6″ will be into Cherry county and near Mullen, Broken Bow. A sharp cutoff on where the heavy band of 4″ of snow ends up. The uncertainty remains near HWY 20 and east towards Omaha and along I-80. SE Nebraska will likely see a T-1″. Farther north Lincoln will likely see 1-3″ of snow starting Thursday evening.
Winter storm conditions all through Thursday across Nebraska. Heaviest snow from Cherry county to Broken Bow & east near HWY 20. Snow on the ground will keep us cold and blustery through the weekend. By Tuesday, temperatures warm back up into the 40s and 50s. Tracking a small chance for precipitation late next week into early March. Stay safe out there!
Meteorologist Houston Hall
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