Winter Weather Brings Dangerous Travel Conditions Across the Northern U.S.

Heavy lake effect snow will persist downwind of the Great Lakes through early Saturday. Snow squalls with heavy snow and gusty winds will create dangerous travel in the Interior Northeast due to low visibility and slippery roads. A major winter storm will bring moderate to heavy, accumulating snow and gusty winds from the eastern Plains to the western Great Lakes today through Saturday. Read More >

Current conditions at

Omaha - Eppley Airfield (KOMA)

Lat: 41.31°NLon: 95.9°WElev: 978ft.

Overcast

27°F

-3°C

Humidity 58%
Wind Speed SE 14 mph
Barometer 30.32 in (1027.9 mb)
Dewpoint 14°F (-10°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill16°F (-9°C)
Last update 28 Nov 12:52 pm CST
Extended Forecast for

2 Miles SSW Carter Lake IA

Winter Storm Warning until November 30, 12:00am
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Winter Storm Warning
  •  
    Winter Storm Warning until November 30, 12:00am

    NOW until 12:00am Sun

    Winter Storm Warning

  • This Afternoon

    High: 29 °F

    Chance Wintry
    Mix

  • Tonight

    Tonight: A chance of snow and freezing rain before 10pm, then snow and sleet likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 10pm and 11pm, then snow after 11pm.  Low around 27. East southeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.  New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

    Low: 27 °F

    Wintry Mix
    Likely then
    Snow

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Snow, mainly before 3pm.  Patchy blowing snow after noon. Temperature falling to around 24 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northeast wind 7 to 12 mph becoming north northwest 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

    High: 30 °F

    Snow and
    Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Patchy blowing snow before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

    Low: 12 °F

    Patchy
    Blowing Snow
    and Blustery
    then Mostly
    Cloudy

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 20. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light north  in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

    High: 20 °F

    Partly Sunny

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 13. Calm wind.

    Low: 13 °F

    Cloudy

  • Monday

    Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon.  Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning.

    High: 23 °F

    Chance Snow

  • Monday Night

    Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 8. South southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

    Low: 8 °F

    Partly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon
A chance of snow before 5pm, then a chance of snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Cloudy, with a high near 29. East southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of snow and freezing rain before 10pm, then snow and sleet likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 10pm and 11pm, then snow after 11pm. Low around 27. East southeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Saturday
Snow, mainly before 3pm. Patchy blowing snow after noon. Temperature falling to around 24 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northeast wind 7 to 12 mph becoming north northwest 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Saturday Night
Patchy blowing snow before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 20. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.
Sunday Night
Cloudy, with a low around 13. Calm wind.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 8. South southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. South wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
2 Miles SSW Carter Lake IA
 41.26°N 95.93°W (Elev. 991 ft)
1:26 pm CST Nov 28, 2025
1pm CST Nov 28, 2025-6pm CST Dec 4, 2025
 
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