Forecast Details for Omaha, NE

Recent Locations: Omaha, NE

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. West wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. West northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. West northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 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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