Forecast Details for Howells, NE

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Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South wind 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West southwest wind around 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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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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