Forecast Details for Bladen, NE

Recent Locations: Bladen, NE

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 51. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Breezy.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 75.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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