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Strong to severe storms likely as cooler weather arrives

Dry for Halloween
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A cold front is pushing southeast through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa right now, kicking off a lot of showers and storms. It's also a little breezy as cooler weather blows in, holding us in the low 50s in Omaha for the afternoon.

The storms will strengthen as they push southeast through the afternoon. By 4 p.m. the storms will likely be southeast of the Omaha metro and down into northwest Missouri around the evening commute or shortly after.

The severe weather threat is fairly low in Lincoln, Omaha, and Atlantic... but it will increase more and more farther southeast where the storms arrive later in the day. Severe storms could produce areas of damaging wind and pockets of hail. A couple of tornadoes will also be possible in very far southeast Nebraska, far southwest Iowa, and northwest Missouri. Make sure you have multiple ways to get warnings in case one is issued for your neighborhood. The severe weather threat likely ends by 8 p.m. in our part of the region.

Overnight, there will be some bonus scattered rain, but we will be dry with clearing skies for the Thursday morning commute. We'll start the day in the upper 30s and low 40s.

Halloween will be mostly sunny and cool with highs in the mid 50s. It won't be too breezy, but you'll notice the wind at times. It will be chilly for the trick-or-treaters as Omaha cools into the upper 40s around 7 at night.

Friday looks breezy and a little warmer. Highs will be in the low 60s with a lot of sunshine.

Scattered rain should bring a lot of us more rain over the weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. This keeps us mostly cloudy, but we will still warm up into the 60s both days.

The scattered rain continues for many of us Monday with mid 60s.

We're likely dry for Election Day on Tuesday, but it will be cooler with mid 50s and some sunshine.

WEDNESDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Rain and Storms
Breezy
Afternoon: 55

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mostly Cloudy
Spotty Rain
Breezy
Low: 39

THURSDAY
Mostly Sunny
Cool
High: 55

FRIDAY
Mostly Sunny
Breezy
High: 62

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