Omaha’s weather on Sunday features hazy, warm, and windy conditions, with temperatures around 64°F in the morning and reaching a high of 82°F in the afternoon. An air quality alert is in effect until noon due to smoke from controlled burns in Kansas. Winds will shift from the south to the northwest, with gusts up to 30 mph anticipated. There’s a critical fire danger, particularly in counties under a Red Flag Warning from 1 PM to 10 PM. While today’s weather remains dry, high fire danger will persist into the upcoming days, with a slight chance of showers late Wednesday.
Hazy, warm and windy Sunday for Omaha-area
SCREEN. NOW. OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY WITH THE FORECAST YOU CAN TRUST. IT’S 549 NOW, ON YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. THERE’S A BIT OF HAZE AND SOME CLOUDS IN THE MIX. LET’S START WITH A LIVE VIEW FROM OUR CAMERA AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK MONUMENT. I-29, EPPLEY AIRFIELD, AND DOWNTOWN ALL IN SIGHT. WHILE AIR QUALITY IS IMPROVED COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO QUITE WARM TO HELP YOU START OFF YOUR DAY. WE’RE CLOSE TO THE EXPECTED AFTERNOON HIGHS FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES AT 64 IN OMAHA, 61 IN BOTH RED OAK AND MARYVILLE, AS WELL AS LINCOLN. NORFOLK IS STILL IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT WINDS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. UNTIL THEN, AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL NOON. THE SHIFTING WINDS WILL HELP DISPERSE SOME OF THE SMOKE FROM CONTROLLED BURNS IN THE FLINT HILLS AND KANSAS FURTHER SOUTH. AIR QUALITY REMAINS MODERATE, BUT WITH WINDS PICKING UP FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON, GUSTS COULD REACH 30 MILES AN HOUR, INCREASING FIRE DANGER. TODAY, COUNTIES IN PINK – MADISON, STANTON, CUMING, AND PLATTE – ARE UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 P.M. TO 10 P.M. THE REST OF US ARE IN THE ORANGE ZONE, UNDER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TOMORROW, MONDAY, FROM 1 P.M. TO 9 P.M. I EXPECT THIS TO BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING AS WELL. CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS ANTICIPATED, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW, BUT FIRE DANGER IS HIGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE. PLEASE AVOID ANY ACTIONS THAT COULD SPARK A FIRE AND FOLLOW BURN BANS. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER SHOWS MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS, BUT DRY THIS MORNING, AND WE CAN EXPECT A DRY DAY AHEAD. THE OPERATION EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AND AEROSPACE MUSEUM IN ASHLAND WILL BE WARM, REACHING INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON, IDEAL FOR AN EASTER EGG HUNT. PONYTAILS WILL HELP KEEP YOU COOL. WATCH OUT FOR EASTER HATS! EXPECT A HIGH OF 82 IN OMAHA THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE, 83 IN SHENANDOAH, LINCOLN, AND 79 IN CARROLL. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, FIRE DANGER WILL STILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN, PARTICULARLY TOMORROW. HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND MIDWEEK, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE STORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AN IMPACT WEATHER ICON IS EXPECTED FOR YOUR THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AGAIN.
Hazy, warm and windy Sunday for Omaha-area
Updated: 6:00 AM CDT Apr 13, 2025