Temps spike, Thursday followed by a big cooldown..
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - The month of May can be a volatile month, capable of wild temperature spikes up....as well as down. Tomorrow we’ll be seeing peak warmth for the week as temperatures push into the low to mid 90s with breezy southwest winds possibly gusting to 35 mph. That’s 20 degrees or more above normal.
Some record high temperatures could be threaten tomorrow. Humidity values are expected to drop below 20% so areas to the west of Highway 281 will see a wildfire danger. Southwest counties in the Local 4 area....Gosper, Furnas and Dawson will be under a critical Red Flag Warning.
A cold front will drift through the region by Thursday evening. Warm air aloft could inhibit storms from developing along most of the front, but northeast of Grand Island appears to be the favored area for some storm development.
A noticeable change can be expected in the forecast Friday through Sunday as temperatures reverse direction. Friday’s highs will be in the mid to upper 60s which will be some 20 to 25 degrees cooler than Thursday’s highs. An upper level disturbance rolls out of the Rockies reinforcing the colder air, as well as igniting a few showers and thunderstorm late Friday night into early Saturday morning. Saturday will only reach the 50s for highs and there could be some frost in the region Saturday morning. Winds will turn back to the south warming temperatures into the upper 60s on Sunday.
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