Forecast Details for Hay Springs, NE

Recent Locations: Yettem, CA Polk, PA Hay Springs, NE

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow before 9am, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain before 3am, then rain and snow likely. Low around 30. South wind around 10 mph becoming north in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 65.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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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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