EMPLOYEES. YOU CAN'T MISS IT. LUKE IS BACK WITH US NOW. PERFECT WEATHER FOR THE GAME. YEAH, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT DOWN IN KANSAS CITY. LOOKS REALLY NICE. TEMPERATURES LOWER 80S FOR BOTH OF US, AND WE SHOULD KEEP WEATHER THAT'S NICE HERE AND TODAY AND TOMORROW. A LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS THE NEXT BIG STORY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. EACH ONE OF THOSE DAYS. WE HAVE 30% ODDS FOR SATURDAY. GOING UP A LITTLE BIT FOR SUNDAY. BACK DOWN SLIGHTLY FOR LABOR DAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE RAINING THE ENTIRETY OF THE TIME, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DODGING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE DAY AND WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. OUTSIDE LOOKS GOOD. GOT SOME FAIR WEATHER. CUMULUS CLOUDS. OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURES AT 80 DEGREES. NOT MUCH OF A BREEZE. THE DEW POINT IS KIND OF IN THE STICKY CATEGORY. NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT NOT SUPER DRY EITHER. A FEW CLOUDS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. GETTING A LOT OF SUNSHINE THOUGH. IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN IOWA AT THE CURRENT TIME, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT WILL CHANGE AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME THIN CLOUDS AHEAD, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. KEEPING THE SKIES CLEAR. MAYBE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA. KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY OR EARLY THIS MORNING, YOU COULD SAY, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE LOCKED IN MORE FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA. UNSURE IF IT WILL GET ALL THE WAY OR NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER, SO IT MIGHT NOT AFFECT OUR CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA. THEN WE GET THE SUNSHINE BACK, OR AT LEAST SOME OF IT FOR FRIDAY BEFORE WE HAVE THE RAIN CHANCES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. HERE'S HOW IT LINES UP HOUR BY HOUR FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, HOLDING ON TO 80 A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THEN DOWN INTO THE LOWER 70S. ONCE WE GET BEYOND SUNSET TONIGHT, ONCE WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL DROP INTO THE LOWER 60S OUTSIDE EVEN SOME UPPER 50S ON THE MAP AS WELL. SO YOU DON'T NEED THE AC ON FOR TONIGHT. YOU WILL NEED IT MAYBE FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW. LOWER 80S FOR SOME OF US, SOME UPPER 70S AND EASTERN NEBRASKA WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. NOW LET'S GO OVER MORE SO LABOR DAY WEEKEND. I'M GOING TO START IT ON FRIDAY. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE IMPACTED BY RAIN ON FRIDAY, BUT THERE WILL BE A THUNDERSTORM MAYBE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT DROPS SOUTHWARD. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE CALL, BUT MAYBE NORFOLK DOWN THROUGH YORK COUNTY COULD BE AN AREA THAT GETS SOME SHOWERS OUT OF THAT, AND THAT COULD BE A PRETTY DECENT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. NOW, AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY AT NOON, THIS COMPUTER MODEL SAYS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS SOUTH OF I-80. PROBABLY NOT RUMBLES OF THUNDER AND THAT, BUT THERE COULD BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND POPPING UP. MAYBE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND AGAIN TO OUR SOUTH, MAYBE NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. SO THIS WOULD KEEP A LOT OF THAT RAINFALL OUT OF THE OMAHA AREA EVEN INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH KIND OF WHERE THIS POPS UP AND WHERE IT SETTLES IN, BECAUSE THIS COMPUTER MODEL CONTINUES TO SHOW A LOT OF IT SOUTH OF I-80 THAT POPS UP ON THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL MAPS AS WELL. LOOK AT ALL THAT RAINFALL. BUT OMAHA SHOWING ZERO RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S THE CHANCE THAT YOU GET A LOT OF DRY TIME IN THERE TOO. SO I WOULDN'T CANCEL ANY OF YOUR PLANS IF YOU HAVE THEM ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY OR MONDAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO CHANGE THEM IF YOU HAVE TO. IF THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN IN YOUR AREA. ALSO NOTICE THE TEMPERATURE TREND ONCE WE GET TOWARDS THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, START COMING BACK DOWN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. I MEAN THE EARLY TASTE OF FALL IS JUST STICKING AROUND A
Nice this evening in Omaha, chance for rain this weekend
By Luke Vickery