Forecast Details for Madison, NE

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Tonight: A slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 54. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a slight chance of showers between 8am and 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South southwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light south southwest after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. East southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Labor Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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