Forecast Details for Waterloo, NE

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Today: A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a slight chance of showers after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 3am. Low around 28. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11am and 4pm, then a chance of rain showers after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 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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