Omaha-area schools close, announce schedule changes for Friday because of snow and cold (2024)

BECAUSE SNOW CAME DOWN, BUT IT IS SLICK OUT THERE. LUKE YEAH, AND NOW WE GOT TO DEAL WITH THE STRONG WINDS AND THE COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THAT NORTH. WIND IS GOING TO ADD QUITE THAT CHILL TO THE AIR. SO IT’S GOING TO BE REAL COLD OUTSIDE THESE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND ONE THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS MAYBE YOUR PHONE BUZZED EARLIER. YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT THAT SNOW SQUALL WARNING ON YOUR PHONE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVED WEST OF THE METRO. SO THIS IS WHAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THEIR FIRST TIME EVER ISSUING THIS. SO LET’S UPDATE YOU ON WHAT THIS IS. SO IT’S A SHORT LIVED HEAVY BURST OF SNOW. IT BRINGS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SO LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITY. IT’S THAT TYPE OF WARNING THAT AIMS TO BRING AWARENESS TO DRIVERS ON THE ROADWAYS. THAT’S PROBABLY WHY YOU GOT THAT BUZZ ON YOUR PHONE EARLIER. BUT ALL OF THAT IS NOW DONE. WE CAN SEE THE SNOWFALL IS NOW PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST. MOST OF IT JUST LINGERING IN WESTERN IOWA. THE REST OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME SUNNIER SKIES, OR AT LEAST SOME CLEARER SKIES, AS THE SUN HAS ALREADY SET NOW. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW THERE IN WESTERN IOWA, THIS MODEL PICKING UP ON IT REALLY WELL, EXITING AROUND 7:00 BY 8:00, COMPLETELY OUT OF THE VIEWING AREA. AND LOOK AT THE CLEAR SKIES. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE OVERNIGHT. SO THAT COULD CAUSE OUR TEMPERATURES TO DROP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME BITTER COLD COMING SOON. WE’RE ALREADY AT TEN DEGREES. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SOON. AND THAT NORTH WIND AT AROUND 18MPH, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE AROUND EIGHT BELOW ZERO. SO HERE’S THE TEMPERATURES AROUND THE METRO SOUTH OF I-80. YOU MIGHT GET UP TO THE UPPER TEENS, MAYBE 20 FALLS CITY MARYVILLE. IF YOU’RE NORTH OF I-80, LOOK AT THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR ALL OF YOU. NORFOLK AND COLUMBUS ALREADY DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE DEGREES, AND THAT NORTH WIND, IT’S GOING TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW, AND IT’S GOING TO ADD THAT CHILL TO THE AIR. SO AROUND 25, 15MPH SURROUNDING THE VIEWING AREA. SO THAT’S A STRONG WIND. AND NOW THAT THAT SNOW IS DONE THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. LOOK AT THE WIND CHILLS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. GETTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WE COULD GET UP TO 20 BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES DROPPING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS VERY SOON. TOMORROW IT’S GOING TO BE THE SAME STORY. LOOK AT THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS, THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE. THOSE ARE THE WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 25MPH. FEELING LIKE WHEN YOU WAKE UP CLOSE TO 22 BELOW ZERO, TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE BELOW ZERO WITH THE AIR TEMPERATURES AND PROBABLY NOT RISING OUT OF THE SINGLE DIGITS TOMORROW. SO VERY COLD. COLD ENOUGH FOR THAT. THAT WIND CHILL ADVISORY THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON FRIDAY. AND THEN ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY GOING IN EFFECT FROM 6 P.M. TOMORROW UNTIL NOON ON SATURDAY. SO WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THIS FROSTBITE GRAPHIC AGAIN JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW COLD IT’S GOING TO BE. THE MAIN DAY. WE’RE FOCUSED ON HERE IS SATURDAY, WHERE WE COULD HAVE WIND CHILLS 30 BELOW ZERO EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH A FORECASTED AIR TEMPERATURE, TALKING CLOSE TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THAT MORNING. SO FRIGID CONDITIONS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM THANKS TO THOSE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. TOMORROW WILL START AT ABOUT FOUR BELOW ZERO. SATURDAY STARTING ABOUT 19 BELOW ZERO. HARDLY GETTING ABOVE THAT ZERO DEGREE MARK FOR SATURDAY. SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE BETTER THANKS TO A STRONG SOUTH BREEZE, BUT THAT STRONG SOUTH WIND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WARM US UP QUITE A BIT 26 DEGREES. THE FORECAST THAT HIGH TEMPERATURE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY FINALLY BACK ABOVE FREEZING. SO SOME RELIEF IS ON THE WAY. WE JUST GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THOSE FRIGID TEMPERATURES