Pockets of sleet, freezing rain and snow will begin moving in from the west tonight, before eventually transitioning to all snow for a few hours before Tuesday morning. It could take until 3 or 4 am for the snow to expand into western Iowa and northwest Missouri. Lows will be in the mid 20s with gusty winds.
Many locations could have slippery roads and icy elevated surfaces due to the glaze of freezing rain and sleet. Snow totals for most of the region, including Omaha and Council Bluffs will be from 0-1 inch. Nebraska cities from York, up into Columbus, Norfolk, and Wayne have a better chance of getting closer to 2 inches. Also, parts of southwest Iowa, from Clarinda, to Red Oak and into southern Iowa could see up to 2 inches. Western Iowa, north of I-80, could also have higher ice totals due to the sub-freezing air mixing with heavier rainfall, creating a greater freezing rain potential overnight.
This wintry precipitation will clear up pretty quickly in the morning, and by Tuesday afternoon, it will just be cloudy, windy and cold. We only manage to reach highs in the low 30s with winds gusting to 45 mph.
The wind lightens up for Wednesday, the sunshine returns, and we start to warm back up. After a frigid morning in the teens, we will warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon.
Thursday will be a lot warmer with low 60s and a lot of sunshine.
It gets breezy and a few clouds return, but we should stay dry. It will be warmer, in the upper 60s to near 70.
Easter weekend looks quiet for now, with highs near 60 and a mix of sunshine and clouds. We may see some rain return Sunday night.
TUESDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Windy
High: 32
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly Clear
Cold
Low: 15
WEDNESDAY
Mostly Sunny
Cold
High: 46
THURSDAY
Mostly Sunny
Warmer
High: 62
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