Forecast Details for Lincoln, NE

Recent Locations: Lincoln, NE  
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 47. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 9 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. East northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Monday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a north wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 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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