Forecast Details for Kearney, NE

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 31. Calm wind.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. South southeast wind around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Washington's Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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