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KEY MESSAGES

- A low chance (10-20%) for snow showers through this evening. Gusty northwest winds may briefly reduce visibility.

- Temperatures increase Sunday through Tuesday with 40s and 50s becoming 50s and 60s. A cooldown back into the 30s and 40s arrives on Wednesday.

- The next chance for precipitation (15 to 30% chance) is not expected until late next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 200 PM CST Sat Jan 10 2026

Rest of Today through Tonight.

A deepening upper-level low pressure continues to sink south from Minnesota into Wisconsin. This track is a bit further north than previously forecast and may be influencing the relative lack of snow showers this afternoon. That said, a few snow showers or flurries are expected across northeast and west-central Nebraska into this evening as a reinforcing cold front continues to swing through the region. Any snow showers or flurries dissipate this evening and skies will quickly clear as surface high pressure filters into the area. A cold start to Sunday is expected as a result with widespread teens by sunrise.

Sunday through Wednesday

The colder weather does not last long as the surface high pressure moves east of the region heading into Sunday afternoon. With mostly sunny skies and the return of southerly winds, most locations climb into the 40s by the afternoon. More eastern locations may hang onto the 30s for one more day, while western areas may breach 50. By Monday, more zonal upper-level winds will continue the warming trend. Afternoon temperatures into the 50s are anticipated under this pattern. A deepening system over the Great Lakes region will begin to influence the area by Tuesday afternoon. This system tightens the surface pressure gradient, increasing northwest winds behind a cold front that swings through the area. Despite this "cold front" the warm westerly winds and mostly sunny skies keeps most in the 50s with 60s on the table for some. The colder airmass finally arrives behind this aforementioned system on Wednesday, knocking temperatures back down into the 30s to lower 40s.

Thursday into Next Weekend

A second system is currently forecast to arrive late next week. This system is anticipated to track a bit farther south compared to the previous system. This farther south track should promote the return of at least a low chance (15-30%) of precipitation. Another cold front should also arrive behind this system heading into next weekend.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/

Issued at 451 PM CST Sat Jan 10 2026

Area of clouds building southwest into the area has cigs primarily at FL050 to FL100 with some scattered and few clouds at FL025. VFR conditions are forecast to remain through the TAF period with breezy northwesterly winds slowing to 5-10 knots overnight. By Sunday morning, winds will be out of the southwest. No visibility restrictions are forecast.

OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

NE...None. IA...None.