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KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER, METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY WITH YOUR ACCURATE WEATHER NOW FORECAST. STILL GOT OUR EYE ON THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE OMAHA METRO, BUT THE MAIN THING WE’RE WATCHING IS ACTUALLY THE GUST FRONT THAT IS NOW EXTENDED QUITE A WAYS AWAY FROM THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE GETTING CLOSER TO THE OMAHA METRO. SO THIS IS GOING TO PACK A LITTLE BIT OF A PUNCH WITH THE WINDS. SO YOU’LL NOTICE AN INCREASE WITH THE WINDS. AND AS IT CROSSES THE MISSOURI RIVER RIGHT THERE. AND SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT IT’S RUNNING INTO WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT’S WHY SOME OF THESE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS NEAR GRETNA SOUTH BEND ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS BLAIR NOW PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST. EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT IS CLOSER TO WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS, WHERE YOU’RE GETTING SOME MODERATE RAINFALL CURRENTLY, AND THERE ARE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IF YOU’RE NEAR HARRISON, MONONA OR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WESTERN IOWA. THAT’S WHERE SOME GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN NEAR TEKAMAH, THERE WAS A REPORT OF 67 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS, ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AGO. IT’S PROBABLY NOT THAT WAY ANYMORE, BUT HERE’S ANOTHER ZOOMED OUT LOOK FOR THE CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA. THE COLD FRONT IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE, AND THEN THE STORMS PUSHING EASTWARD CLOSER TO THE OMAHA METRO. WE’LL SHOW YOU ON STORM PREDICTOR HERE. THERE THEY ARE. OMAHA METRO, MAYBE AROUND SIX 7:00 WITH THE MAIN LINE. AND THEN THAT CONTINUES OFF TO THE EAST. 8:00 INTO WESTERN IOWA. AND THEN BY 10:00 MORE TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST. THIS MODEL SAYING MAYBE NEAR SHENANDOAH, A BIGGER DOWNPOUR. AND THEN THESE ALL EXIT KIND OF AROUND. AND AFTER THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND BY FRIDAY MORNING MOST RAIN WILL BE OUT OF HERE. BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT THE GUST FRONT. YOU CAN SEE IT QUITE WELL HERE. IT’S THE DARKER CLOUDS AND THEN EAST OF THERE IS IN FRONT OF THE GUST FRONTS. AND THAT IS WHERE THE STRONGER WINDS ARE RIGHT NOW AND THE AIR RISING ABOVE THAT INTO THE STORM THERE. SO IT LOOKS KIND OF OMINOUS RIGHT THERE AND A LITTLE BIT DARK 84 DEGREES. THE DEW POINTS AT 68. LOOK AT THAT WIND 32MPH. AND THAT’S JUST THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THERE. THE GUSTS COULD BE A BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. THAT’S THE GUST FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE OMAHA METRO. COOLER AIR BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. BY THE WAY, LOOK AT 72 IN O’NEILL. ANYONE IN FRONT OF THAT COLD FRONT COULD BE CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES, RIGHT NOW. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW PLATTSMOUTH 91. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN RAIN OR THE COLD FRONTS YET. AND LOW 90S AREAS THAT HAVEN’T SEEN IT. IF YOU’RE NORTH AND WEST, MAYBE YOU’VE GOT SOME RAIN. YOU’RE BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES. GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. RIGHT ALONG THAT GUST FRONT OMAHA JUST MEASURED 45. THAT IS THE WIND GUST. SO THE ACTUAL GUSTS WE PROBABLY SAW RIGHT NOW SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS SIX SEVEN, 8:00 WE THINK EVERYTHING CALMS DOWN AROUND 9 OR 10. JUST REGULAR IMPACT ICONS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S 65 TO START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. THAT’S A BIT COOLER THAN WHERE WE STARTED TODAY. MAYBE EVEN SOME 50S NORFOLK COLUMBUS YORK MORE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. DISREGARD THE PEAK HEAT INDEX. IT WON’T BE NEAR 100 DEGREES, BUT WE DO EXPECT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MUCH COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR FOR TOMORROW AT 82 DEGREES. SEVEN DAY FORECAST LOOKS REALLY NICE. I MEAN, BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES COOLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT DRIER. AIR WORKS ITS WAY IN HERE. SATURDAY WILL BE AT 86. THAT MIGHT BE THE WARMEST DAY THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST FOR THE OPENING DAY HUSKERS GAME. BY SUNDAY WE’RE IN THE 70S LABOR DAY, WE STAY IN THE 70S AND THEN CLIMBING BACK UP TOWARDS AVERAGE BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. BUT YOU KNOW, TODAY WE NEED THE RAIN. WE JUS