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Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts) Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:46 AM Feb 2019

Blizzard conditions possible Saturday in Omaha metro as a major winter storm heads this way

By Nancy Gaarder / World-Herald staff writer 6 hrs ago

Another winter storm is poised to hammer the region — forecasters already are warning people to plan for potential blizzard conditions this weekend — but until then, a brief respite has arrived.

On Thursday, relatively mild weather will give people a chance to get ready, whether that means stocking up, redistributing snow piles or revisiting plans for late Saturday.

The storm will bring a range of potential problems, according to the National Weather Service and AccuWeather Inc., from dangerous travel to power outages.

“We’re looking at a pretty major storm,” said Van DeWald, meteorologist with the weather service. Recent snows, while bountiful, haven’t posed as much of a threat as this system will, he said.

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Blizzard conditions possible Saturday in Omaha metro as a major winter storm heads this way (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2019 OP

We have freezing rain possible Saturday xmas74 Feb 2019 #1

Definitely the year for it... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #2

It looks like Michigan is going to be in the 40's with rain, this weekend. So very weird. Siwsan Feb 2019 #3

xmas74

(29,674 posts)

1. We have freezing rain possible Saturday

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:52 AM

Feb 2019

And maybe snow that night.

We haven't had a winter like this in Missouri for a number of years. We rushed back from Advocacy Day at Jeff City on Tuesday. (We were there for Moms Demand Action.) We made it home at 5:45 and our advisory started at 6. By 6:45 the roads were slick.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. Definitely the year for it...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 09:01 AM

Feb 2019

The storms seem to be freight-training in, one after the other.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

3. It looks like Michigan is going to be in the 40's with rain, this weekend. So very weird.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 09:12 AM

Feb 2019

It's been a weather roller coaster, this Winter. We've had far less snow but far more freezing precipitation than what I can ever remember. I'm pretty sure the schools have been closer for more days than even during the record cold and snow depth Winters of 2014-2015. I definitely never remember schools in this part of the state being closed for a solid week, like they were, this year.

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