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KEY MESSAGES

- Dry conditions persist through the next week.

- High temperatures in the 60s and low 70s through Tuesday, cooling through the end of the week.

- Low temperatures will be in the 30s and low 40s, with subfreezing temperatures likely Friday morning.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1221 PM CST Mon Nov 9 2026

Mostly clear skies across the area this afternoon as a cold front moves across eastern Nebraska. This is shifting winds from southerly to northerly this afternoon, with cooler temperatures expected tomorrow. The upper-level pattern shows a broad ridge over the western 2/3rds of the CONUS keeping our weather quiet.

A cooler air mass moves in behind the cold front for tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and temperatures forecast to peak in the low-to-mid 60s Tuesday afternoon. Going into midweek we see the ridge flatten with the approach of an upper-level trough forecast to move through Tuesday night into early Wednesday. While this system does pull moisture north, most of it doesn't arrive until the system is closer to central Iowa. This keeps the best chances for any rain east of our area.

On the back side of this trough we see a stronger push of northerly winds Wednesday morning leading to breezy conditions much of the day. This will cap highs in the mid-to-upper 50s Wednesday afternoon. The cooling trend continues into Thursday and Friday as we see that trough continue to deepen to our east with a strong jet streak building southward out of the northern Rockies into the Missouri & Mississippi River Valleys. While we will be on the western fringe of the much cooler air, we will see highs only peak in the mid 40s Thursday and Friday. Calmer winds Friday morning could lead us to another night where temperatures drop to around or just below freezing. This will be our next chance for Omaha to hit freezing. If we do hit freezing or lower Friday morning, that would tie our record latest freeze at Omaha set back in 2015.

For those who don't like the cold, temperatures do rebound over the weekend as a transient strongly amplified ridge moves through Saturday and Sunday. Saturday afternoon could be breezy with winds out of the south, bringing highs back up into the 50s, especially across our western counties. Sunday we see highs warm back into the mid 50s to near 60 degrees. Milder conditions look to continue into next week with a more amplified flow regime leading to increasing chances for rain toward midweek.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 1108 AM CST Mon Nov 9 2026

VFR conditions across the area under mostly clear skies through the TAF period. We have a front moving through today shifting winds from southerly to northerly this afternoon. We'll see winds calm down overnight before shifting back to southerly Tuesday morning.

OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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