The upcoming stretch of hot afternoons and warm mornings will make it very hard for homes without air conditioning to cool off. Check in with your older friends, neighbors, and family members to make sure they are safe and staying cool through the weekend. Even for the younger crowd, if you have outdoor yard work or want to go for a run, make sure you do it early in the morning and drink plenty of water. Keep pets with you inside, and make sure they have access to clean water all day.
After a warm start to Sunday, near 80 degrees, near-record heat is expected in the afternoon. The record high in Omaha for June 22 is 100, which was set in 1930. We likely fall just shy of that. The humidity will easily push the heat index closer to 105. We also stay mostly sunny and windy throughout the day.
Then, a cold front will start to approach the area from the northwest, and it could push a couple isolated and strong storms at areas northwest of Omaha late Sunday night.
Before the cold front arrives in our area Monday, we likely have enough time to hit 90 degrees. The cooler air will reach northeast Nebraska first, keeping some spots there in the 70s! If the cold front speeds up, Omaha may only hit the mid 80s. The cold front will also fire off numerous showers and storms, especially in the second half of the day. The possibility for a faster cold front would keep the best chances for rain along and south of I-80. A slower front would bring better rain farther northwest. A couple of these storms could be strong enough to produce pockets of hail and strong wind.
The cold front will then stall across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, and it will trigger more rounds of scattered showers and storms through the rest of the workweek.
A lot of us will see those showers and storms again Tuesday. Those that stay dry long enough will warm into the mid 80s.
About half of the region will see more rain Wednesday and Thursday as scattered showers and storms continue at times. This keeps highs in the 80s.
It's uncertain exactly how long it will take the front to fully push out of the region, but it could be gone as early as Friday. For now, we'll lower the threat for showers and storms Friday and Saturday, but we're keeping them around just in case the front gets stubborn.
If we fully dry out into the weekend, we could get back to 90 on Saturday.
SUNDAY
Mostly Sunny
Windy
High: 99
Heat Index: 105
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly Clear
Isolated Storms
Low: 77
MONDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Rain & Storms
High: 90
TUESDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Rain & Storms
High: 86
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