Severe weather risk for Thursday, June 27, (NWS Hastings, Courtesy)
HASTINGS — The chance for severe weather returns to the area this evening as strong to severe scattered thunderstorms will move through the area.
All of north and south-central Nebraska is under a Slight Risk, two out of five, for severe weather. Areas in western Nebraska are under an Enhanced Risk, three out of five.
Scattered showers were moving through the region early Thursday morning but are expected to clear out in time for the second round of strong to severe thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service – Hastings.
Convection is expected to develop this afternoon over western Nebraska and will likely start as discrete cells but are expected to develop into clusters or lines over time.
Instability will build over the area and coupled with modest wind shear will lead to severe storms with the potential for large hail and damaging wind gusts.
The time frame for central Nebraska seeing thunderstorms will be 6 p.m. in the west of the NWS Hastings coverage area and 1 a.m. in the eastern areas.
Friday will be a near repeat of Thursday night, with the Tri-Cities under another Slight Risk.
“Higher confidence exists in thunderstorms Friday evening as storms that develop over the panhandle of Nebraska move into the area,” NWS Hastings stated.
A combination of strong instability and elevated wind shear will again lead to severe storms that will be either discrete or clusters. The main concern once again will be damaging wind gusts and large hail.
However, due to the cold frontal passage at the end of the week, pleasant weather is in store for the weekend. Highs will be in the upper 70s and 80s with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies during the daytime hours.
A few chances for scattered storms exist during the late evening to overnight hours.
Looking ahead to next week, the warmer and active weather returns as an approaching longwave trough of low pressure moves over the Rockies.
A series of scattered shortwave disturbances will move through the area and bring scattered and isolated chances for precipitation each day.
“Highs next week will return to the upper 80s and 90s, with the potential for highs in the 100s on
Monday across portions of north central Kansas,” NWS Hastings stated.
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