It will be a foggy Christmas holiday around Omaha this year. Visibility may be poor on roads Tuesday night, including the potential for freezing fog if air temperatures are below freezing in your neighborhood.
Areas of dense fog will develop Tuesday evening and into the night. Temperatures will drop into the upper 20s overnight, leading to a chance at freezing fog into Christmas morning. Most ice impacts should be limited to exposed surfaces, like bridges. But do be careful if you plan to drive tonight!
It will take a few hours for the morning fog to lift. Wednesday will be a cloudy day, but neighborhoods west of Omaha could squeeze out a little sunshine late in the day. Highs will be in the mid 30s thanks to heavy cloud cover. But those that are able to get the afternoon sunshine may make it to as warm as 40 degrees. This is about at average for Christmas.
Spotty and very light rain will start to pop up across the region Thursday for Kwanza. There will be just enough rain around to keep things cloudy and gloomy most of the day. It might not look great, but we should warm up to near 40.
Rain will be more likely Friday, especially in Omaha and western Iowa. Some cities west of Omaha could get missed by the rain as the center of low pressure will be well to the east of us. This keeps us cloudy, but we keep warming up. Highs will be in the mid 40s.
Saturday looks a lot drier, but there could still be a couple isolated leftover showers in the region in the morning. There will be a lot more clouds than sunshine, but we stay above average, with upper 40s to near 50.
Sunday brings us a little more sunshine as we continue to flirt with highs near 50 degrees.
Heading into New Year's week, another system moves in on Monday to bring a chance for rain, and maybe even a little snow if it's cold enough. Highs will be in the mid 40s on Monday, dropping into the mid 30s for Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Patchy Fog
High: 35
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mostly Cloudy
Foggy Areas
Low: 33
THURSDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Spotty Light Rain
High: 41
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