Forecast Details for Platte Center, NE

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Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Windy, with a south southeast wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Low around 59. West wind 10 to 13 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Juneteenth: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. North northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 10pm and 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 61. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind 6 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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