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FXUS63 KOAX 081632
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1032 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY FOR AREAS
AROUND THE PLATTE, ELKHORN AND LOUP RIVERS. UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY, WHICH WILL HELP LEAD TO
POTENTIAL RIVER ICE BREAK UP. THIS COULD RESULT IN ICE JAMS
AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.
- UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY AND TOMORROW.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL MAKE IT INTO THE 60S AND 70S.
A FEW RECORD HIGHS MAY BE IN JEOPARDY.
- PERIODIC CHANCES (20-40%) FOR PRECIPITATION RETURN TO THE
FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 255 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
TODAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A PRETTY NICE DAY FOR EARLY FEBRUARY. A
WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH WARM AIR ADVECTING
INTO THE REGION. EXPECTED HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST
FOR THE 50S FOR WESTERN IOWA AND THE 50S TO LOW 60S FOR EASTERN
NEBRASKA.
THE NICE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE
60S AND 70S. SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE TYPICALLY IN THE MID TO
UPPER 30S. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW
HOURS FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS MINIMUM RH
VALUES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID-20S. WINDS WILL BE THE LIMITING
FACTOR WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20-25MPH. LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON, A COLD
FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION, SHIFTING WINDS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY HELP RAISE RH
VALUES. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOULDN'T HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON
MONDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES. A FEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE
IN JEOPARDY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 60S AND 70S. OMAHA'S
RECORD HIGH IS 63. LINCOLN AND NORFOLK'S RECORD HIGH IS 68.
TUESDAY HIGHS WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER ALTHOUGH STILL 10+ DEGREES
ABOVE SEASONAL, REACHING THE MID-40S TO MID-50S. THE COOLER BUT
ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD, GENERALLY IN THE 40S AND 50S EACH DAY FOR HIGHS AND
THE 20S AND 30S FOR LOWS.
PERIODIC PRECIPITATION CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS,
WITH SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX EXPECTED AT NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL
INTO THE 20S AND 30S.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1031 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST
PERIOD. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNDER 12 KTS, BACKING
TO SOUTHERLY THIS EVENING. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL PASS BY AT
FL250 THROUGH THE PERIOD.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR NEZ016-017-031>033-
042>045-050>053-067.
IA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ANW
AVIATION...WOOD
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