Forecast Details for McLean, NE

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Current Alerts for McLean, NE: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Areas of smoke after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Areas of smoke before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. South wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind around 11 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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