Forecast Details for Surprise, NE

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Today: A chance of rain between noon and 3pm, then showers likely after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Low around 40. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers between 7am and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain after 1pm. High near 56. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 18 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 18 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 9 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 10 to 16 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 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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