NWS Omaha Weather Radar Is Down for Scheduled Maintenance

Above Average Temperatures for the West and Central Plains; Lake Effect Snow Continues

Well above average temperatures will prevail across the Plains and the West Coast this week, while a cold front will bring Arctic air to the South and East Coast Thursday and Friday. Lake effect snow is forecast downwind of the Great Lakes through Thursday along and behind the Arctic front, as well as mountain snow across the Southern Appalachians. Read More >

...OMAHA WEATHER RADAR IS DOWN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE... The weather radar at the National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley is down for maintenance, thus no radar information is being transmitted. If severe weather is threatening during the radar outage, forecasters will use surrounding radar sites to interrogate storms and will still be able to provide timely and accurate warning services. The exact outage duration is unknown, but will likely be through 4pm today The surrounding radar sites serving parts of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa include: Des Moines (KDMX) Kansas City (KEAX) Topeka (KTWX) Hastings (KUEX) North Platte (KLNX) (will be down for an upgrade until 3pm) Sioux Falls (KFSD) Visit radar.weather.gov to access alternate NOAA weather radar sites.