Forecast Details for Lincoln, NE

Recent Locations: West Coxsackie, NY Glen Head, NY Lincoln, NE

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 73. East southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Labor Day: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. East wind 3 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. North wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. North northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 5 to 9 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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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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