Forecast Details for Lincoln, NE

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Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southwest wind around 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. North wind 13 to 16 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. North northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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