Forecast Details for Minden, NE

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Tonight: Showers before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Steady temperature around 44. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers, mainly before 7am. High near 60. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 28.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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