As the latest winter storm reaches the Lincoln area some forecasts are reducing the amount of total snowfall expected. The National Weather Service early Saturday morning issued an updated summary which looks for peak snowfall from 7 am until 2 pm with the heaviest snowfall still expected in far Southeast Nebraska.
Dangerously cold wind chills are forecast into Sunday morning with some areas experiencing 30-below zero wind chills possible.
The complete early Saturday National Weather Service summary is available here OAX_Jan_1_2022_1103_UTC_dssPacket
In Lincoln, a parking ban for snow routes, bus routes and major arterials went into effect at 3 am and a residential parking ban goes into effect at 12 Noon for even-numbered sides of streets. The New Year’s Day 8:30 am Operations Update from LTU is available here 1-1-22 830 am LNK Winter Ops Update
Lincoln-based meteorologist Rusty Dawkins in his Facebook posts is forecasting significantly less snow than originally anticipated. A regular guest on KLIN programs, Dawkins is referred to often as “The Internets Most Trusted Meteorologist. He is a regular guest of Jack Mitchell on LNK Today with Jack and Friends on KLIN 1400 & 99.3. View his information on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RustyWx
Late Friday afternoon Lancaster County Engineer Pam Dingman issued a Snow Emergency declaration for the county. Dingman urges County residents to be cautious over the next several days while crews attend to roads and bridges in the County. That declaration is available here 12-31-21 LancCty Eng Snow Emerg