Big Papillion Creek at Q Street at Omaha, Nebr.06610770
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/970 ft/124 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ralston, Nebraska
City in Douglas County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
47°
58°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Ralston until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ralston is 47° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
61%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels41
13mph
Today
Oct 15
5852
100%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5342
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6640
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7754
overcast
47°
58°52°
53°42°
59°32°
66°40°
68°46°
73°48°
77°54°
As of 11:00 PM in Ralston, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Ralston
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 5 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good4.4 mi
- Ozone22Good23 ppb4.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good4.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb4.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm4.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 35TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ralston
1.00 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 95%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ralston, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ralston, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Ralston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank534of 681
Citizen station DW9498DW9498
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,162 ft/68 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Omaha @ I-680 & I-80 InterchangeNE039
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/1,181 ft/87 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MillardMLE
At an airfield/4.1 mi away/1,057 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/33.2 mi away/1,214 ft/120 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/37.1 mi away/1,189 ft/95 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
La Vista 0.1 SSENE-SY-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,107 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GretnaGRAN1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/1,243 ft/149 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Gretna (GRAN1), 8.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ralston
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Chalcocommunity, 5 mi
- Bellevuecity, 6 mi
- Omahacity, 6 mi
- Richfieldcommunity, 6 mi
- Boys Townvillage, 7 mi
- Offutt AFBcommunity, 7 mi
- Springfieldcity, 10 mi
- La Plattecommunity, 11 mi
- Buccaneer Baycommunity, 11 mi
- Cedar Creekvillage, 11 mi