A wonderful end to this holiday week

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - After a cooler and windy Thanksgiving, our Friday brings us back to much nicer weather. Skies will be sunny as temperatures rise into the upper 50s and lower 60s for much of the area. There might possibly be some mid 60s in our northwest. Winds will settle out of the southwest at 5 to 15 mph. Skies will remain mostly clear tonight as temperatures drop back to between the mid 20s and mid 30s. Saturday will be another very nice day. There will be some thicker clouds that move in, especially in the southeast. Expect more sunshine as you go to the northwest. Much of the area will see high temperatures back into the upper 50s and lower 60s just ahead of an approaching cold front. That cold front will push through the northwest parts of the area later in the afternoon. It will continue to push to the southeast and through the rest of the area Saturday evening. There might be some light showers in Southeast Nebraska, but for the rest of the area, there will just be an increase in clouds. Winds will also become more north northwesterly and will increase through the night. They will be rather blustery by Sunday morning.

Sunday itself will be a cooler day with winds out of the north northwest at 10 to 20 mph. The morning clouds will clear up and make way for afternoon sunshine. While it will be noticeably cooler, temperatures won’t be far from average with highs in the mid to upper 40s and lower 50s. The warmest temperatures will be in the southwest.

Monday will bring one more decent day to the area for awhile. Look for mostly sunny skies as high temperatures climb back into the 50s. This will all come to an end as a push of colder air and a chance of snow move into the area Tuesday. Tuesday will be a colder day with strong winds. Look for highs from the mid 20s to the northwest to possibly the lower 40s in the far southeast. Snow will be moving in, first to the northwest, and then it will push to the southeast through Tuesday and Tuesday night. Skies should clear up by Wednesday morning. While this does not look like a significant winter weather system, some accumulating snow is still possible. Those in the southeast are more likely to see less than an inch. But as you go north and northwest of the Tri-Cities, some may see 1 to 4 inches of snow. Keep in mind that this is a very early forecast and changes can and will likely come in how much snow is possible.

Beyond Tuesday, Wednesday will be sunnier, but still fairly cold with highs from the mid 20s northeast to the upper 30s southwest. Thursday might be a little bit weather as clouds thicken up from the west. Highs will reach the mid 30s to the mid 40s. Another shot of colder air will come back for the end of next week.

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