Forecast Details for Platte Center, NE

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Current Alerts for Platte Center, NE: Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a west southwest wind 23 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 32. Windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. East southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Rain before 4am, then rain and snow. Low around 25. East southeast wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Snow. High near 34. Windy, with a north northwest wind 21 to 26 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Windy, with a north northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. North northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. North wind 7 to 9 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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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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