Jessica Blum

Most should expect rainfall amounts to be within 0.10-0.20" by the time the rain ends early Tuesday morning. The better ingredients for organized, severe storms will be west of Highway 77 and west of Lincoln.

Recent rain with cooling temperatures as clouds cleared overnight resulted in some fog forming early Tuesday. By the afternoon under sunny skies, we'll see temperatures warming to about 80 degrees.

Behind a dry cold front that moved through last night, northerly winds developed that add a chill to the early morning air. We'll be cooler throughout Wednesday, too.

What you need to know for this week is that extreme fire danger will be in the forecast for Tuesday, storms are looking likely Wednesday, then we'll cool down in time for Halloween on Thursday.

A blustery day today will lead to an extreme risk for fire danger across southern Nebraska Tuesday morning through Tuesday night, and a

By late Wednesday morning, the threat for severe weather will start to increase. Especially in extreme southeast Nebraska in the Enhanced (orange) risk area, all severe hazards will be possible including the potential for strong tornadoes.

Tonight, trick-or-treaters creeping in costume will encounter cooling temperatures in the 40s by the evening hours. Northwest winds will drop to around 5-15 mph after sundown.

Tack on another cool, dry day to start November. Friday will feature a lot of sunshine, winds out of the southeast occasionally gusting up to 25 mph and highs in the lower 60s.

Showers develop again for a wet end to Monday. After a damp morning, we'll see rain chances increase by the afternoon and especially tonight.

Early rain on Election Day will be in the area through the morning commute, tapering off a couple hours before noon.