Forecast Details for Platte Center, NE

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Current Alerts for Platte Center, NE: Red Flag Warning

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 30. Windy, with a west southwest wind 21 to 25 mph becoming north northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow between 9pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. East southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Rain before 4am, then rain and snow. Low around 26. Blustery, with an east southeast wind 11 to 18 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain before 1pm, then a chance of snow. High near 35. Very windy, with a north wind 24 to 29 mph increasing to 31 to 36 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 27. North northwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 40. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. West northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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