Forecast Details for Platte Center, NE

Recent Locations: Annona, TX Essex, MD Platte Center, NE

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Calm wind.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers between 8am and 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Light northeast wind.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Light east northeast wind.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Light east southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light south wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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