Forecast Details for Ratcliff, AR

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Overnight: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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