Forecast Details for Platte Center, NE

Recent Locations: Sheffield, MA Canaseraga, NY Platte Center, NE

Current Alerts for Platte Center, NE: Red Flag Warning

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of snow between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 29. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58. East wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Rain likely before 4am, then rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East southeast wind 11 to 17 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10am. High near 35. Very windy, with a north wind 22 to 27 mph increasing to 32 to 37 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. Windy, with a north northwest wind 21 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 27. North northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. South wind around 8 mph becoming west after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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