Forecast Details for Cook, NE

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Tonight: Areas of frost after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 29. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 64. West northwest wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming south southwest in the evening.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Northeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then rain and snow likely between 1am and 4am, then snow likely after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 7am, then a chance of rain and snow between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a south southwest wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. South southwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. East northeast wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East northeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. East southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts 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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