Overnight, clouds start to move in, eventually giving way to some scattered rain showers in the early morning hours. By the Tuesday morning commute, rain will become more common, especially in areas along and south of I-80.
The rest of Valentine's Day will be wet and windy. Light to moderate rain will continue most of the afternoon, but with winds blowing in from the south up to 40 mph, we will manage to make it close to 50 degrees, despite all of the rain. Rain totals of 0.5" to 1" will be common. With the melting river ice and rain, some mainly minor ice jam flooding can't be ruled out along rivers like the Elkhorn and Platte.
The rain starts to taper off Tuesday night, but some of it will change into snow before ending in northeast Nebraska. Any snow accumulation there would stay under an inch.
Sadly, the wind will shift out of the north Wednesday, blowing in colder weather. While the wind won't be as strong as Tuesday, it will still be breezy. Highs will be in the mid 30s with mostly cloudy skies.
Wednesday night, snow starts to move in, becoming more widespread overnight and into Thursday morning. It's still uncertain how long the snow could linger across the region, so it's too early to mention specific snow totals, but the higher totals will likely be along and south of I-80. For now, Omaha is trending towards 1-3 inches with the highest totals farther south.
Thursday will also be breezy and colder with highs in the mid 20s.
After a single-digit morning, the sunshine returns Friday afternoon as we warm into the low 30s. This will be only a handful of degrees below average.
Assuming we don't get more snow than expected midweek, mostly sunny skies will be able to get us back above average for the weekend with highs in the 40s.
TUESDAY
Cloudy
Wet and Windy
Widespread Rain
High: 50
TUESDAY NIGHT
Clouds Return
Rain Tapers Off
Low: 28
WEDNESDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Breezy
Snow Late
High: 34
THURSDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Snow Early
Breezy
High: 26
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