Forecast Details for Duncan, NE

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Current Alerts for Duncan, NE: Red Flag Warning

Overnight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a south wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 79. South wind 11 to 14 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66. North northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. East northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 44. East wind 10 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Light north northeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

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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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