2021 Weather thread-

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:47 am

HR Paperstacks wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:36 am I really hope we can continue this weather and be done with winter. I saw that spring is supposed to be above average this year. But this is the Midwest, so who knows...

Not what I want to hear... Above average is not my cup of tea... Average will do just fine in my book. Hope Spring isn't too above average, and I really hope Summer is not above average. I really don't want to do another summer like last year already.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:29 am

I like this warm weather, but I’m starting to worry the drought isn’t over after all. Wishing for a “normal” rainy spring, I still wouldn’t be surprised to see some more snow.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:50 pm

GetUrban wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:29 am I like this warm weather, but I’m starting to worry the drought isn’t over after all. Wishing for a “normal” rainy spring, I still wouldn’t be surprised to see some more snow.

It's far from over. A reasonable guess is we are currently still about 8" behind. Imagine how much rain that is, just to get back to even. We really can't afford for it not to rain a considerable amount every week. 1-2" one day per week would be a dream. Heck, we need that much rain to obtain a normal spring, let alone cut into our drought. This warm and dry stretch really is concerning to me. Does give me flashbacks of last year. Every week no hope of rain.

A normal March delivers 1.99" of rain, which isn't much, so I hope we can at least hit that easily obtainable goal. But ideally we would double that to cut into our drought. A normal April is 2.96, so there's another opportunity to dig in. But a normal May is 4.76", so hard to see us making up much ground there. We'll see, I just majorly hope it doesn't stay dry long.

This week there is a slight chance of rain on Wednesday morning. Grinding my teeth hoping those odds go up, but don't have a lot of faith in that. Betting about .1", if that.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:20 pm

I’m all for moisture..as long as it’s not the frozen kind, lol..

That said, I saw in the extended forecast heading into the tail end of next week, we could get some rain...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:10 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:20 pm I saw in the extended forecast heading into the tail end of next week, we could get some rain...

As in 12 or 13 days from now?

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:52 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:10 pm
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:20 pm I saw in the extended forecast heading into the tail end of next week, we could get some rain...
As in 12 or 13 days from now?

KETV weekend meteorologist Caitlin Harvey said possibly this Thursday/Friday...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:07 pm

So that is the stuff I was talking about in my above post.

According to the NWS, supposed to be the majority of it Wednesday morning, with a slight chance hanging on all day into Thursday morning. Still a pretty low chance though, and I don't see it amounting to much. Then it looks like more over the weekend, with a very slight chance of snow... For now.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:24 am

Snow is doubtful..Very doubtful (my hope at least)..

As it relates to any rain we could get next week, we’ll see...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:21 pm

They moved it to Tuesday evening with a better chance for thunder. That would be fun. Still a wimpy looking rain though.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:06 pm

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Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:55 pm

Last night Sean Everson was showing a more seasonable 14 day forecast. After Wednesday looking more at 50's and 40's.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:11 am

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Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:59 pm

The chances for thunder tonight look good enough. I'm excited

NWS currently at up to 60% chance of rain and about .17". Still not great, but more than I thought it would be.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:16 am

LOL... still a long ways out, but still... LOL.

Total accumulation between now and March 24th.

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Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:27 pm

According to the latest KETV forecast this morning, it looks like the Omaha metro could see between 1-3 inches of rain this Sunday into Monday..High temps will be in the 40’s. It looks like a very low chance for snow to accumulate into that total.. Which is good..

High temperature of 39-40 on Tuesday. That is a definite cool down...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:08 pm

I heard my first thunder last night. That was cool, but it barely even sprinkled where I'm at. Very weak. It looked like CB may have gotten more rain and better thunder.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:18 pm

We got .10in in Bellevue.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:19 pm

skinzfan23 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:18 pm We got .10in in Bellevue.

Was wondering about Bellevue, too. The rain was so little in Omaha that it didn't register. I guess nearby rain helps cut into the drought of the region as a whole.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:11 pm

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:16 pm

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Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:56 pm

A couple neighborhood dorks were having fires on Sunday night when we were under the same conditions. These kinds of things don't matter to people who don't care.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:11 am

This wind is no joke. I sat outside on my driveway patio for about an hour and finally had to bring myself inside..

It’s getting chilly too...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:29 am

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:11 am This wind is no joke. I sat outside on my driveway patio for about an hour and finally had to bring myself inside..

It’s getting chilly too...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

It was very disruptive... Very glad that's over, and I appreciate the now cooler temperatures.

Oh, and the rain this weekend is looking like the real deal.. Gonna be my type of weather too. Never much below 40 and never much above 50, with lots of rain. I will be in bliss.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:24 pm

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Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:14 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:29 am
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:11 am This wind is no joke. I sat outside on my driveway patio for about an hour and finally had to bring myself inside..

It’s getting chilly too...

Ciao..LiO...Peace
It was very disruptive... Very glad that's over, and I appreciate the now cooler temperatures.

Oh, and the rain this weekend is looking like the real deal.. Gonna be my type of weather too. Never much below 40 and never much above 50, with lots of rain. I will be in bliss.

I’m liking that this is a rain event and not frozen..

And at least Saturday, for the most part, is not a washout and the temps should be in the 50’s. Just warm and dry enough for outside patio weather...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:46 pm

Delightful the rain numbers they are talking about have only gone up. If the forecast holds up, we could get over 3" and that would be wonderful. Seems like even if the forecast doesn't hold up, we will still get a significant amount of rain. Can't wait!

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:42 am

So far not as much rain as they were thinking to start, and you can see the OmaDome at work on the radar. They were saying we'd have .25" by midnight and I don't see that happening. What rain we have gotten so far has not registered. But I do still feel it'll come through. They're saying the actual heavy stuff is supposed to start around 11 now.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:44 am

Busguy2010 wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:42 am They were saying we'd have .25" by midnight and I don't see that happening.

I wholeheartedly retract that statement... It is coming down beautifully!

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:50 pm

Finally, a decent rain event in Omaha, even though it’s happening without lightning and thunder. But I’ll take it!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:37 pm

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:54 pm

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Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:57 pm

As long as it isn’t frozen precipitation, I can tolerate a washout drag of a day..Just wish it was on a workday instead..

In any case-

We need the moisture...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:32 pm

Good to see there's more on the way up. This break has been, I don't want to use the word disappointing, but it has really cut into our total rain potential. I don't see how we get to 3", not with the break we've been in the last few hours... But still if we can get to 2+, that is still very impressive and much needed.

Normal rain for the month of March is 1.99, but also normal snow is 4.2". So if we don't want snow, we will have to hope for even more rain events to stay even or cut into our drought.

zippy · Post by **zippy** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:35 pm

The wind turned this fence behind my house into a boardwalk!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:33 pm

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:34 pm

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skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:10 am

I just checked our rain gauge SW of Bellevue.

3.25 in so far for the total from the storm.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:05 pm

Checked rain gauge again this morning:

3.8 in for the total.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:13 pm

Officially 3.03 on the event at Eppley, haven't looked at my rain gauge yet. Could still rain a minute, probably immeasurable amount later today.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:22 pm

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