Forecast Details for Plattsmouth, NE

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Overnight: Widespread frost, mainly after 3am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Widespread frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North wind 7 to 13 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. North northeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of snow showers after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 30. East northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of rain showers after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Southeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. East northeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East northeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. East southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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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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