Forecast Details for Lincoln, NE

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Tonight: A 10 percent chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 42. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 3pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. East wind 10 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Light west northwest wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Southeast wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. South southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. East northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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