Overview
- National Weather Service posted a high wind watch for Midcoast and Downeast Maine on Friday, calling for gusts up to 60 mph and widespread rain near 0.5–1 inch.
- Omaha area enters an impact day Thursday with high wind warnings and advisories as northwest gusts reach 40–60 mph and temperatures plunge into the 20s with single-digit wind chills.
- Kansas City expects two fronts Thursday, with a stronger midday push dropping readings from the 40s–50s into the 20s–30s and producing 40–50 mph gusts that could cause sporadic outages.
- Louisville’s viewing area carries an SPC Marginal risk Thursday, with gusty showers delivering roughly a half-inch to 1 inch of rain before a sharp cooldown into Friday.
- New England bears the brunt Friday as heavy rain and 50–60 mph gusts target coastal Massachusetts and the Cape, then colder air triggers rain-to-snow shifts north and west with river rises from rain and snowmelt but no current ice-jam threat.