Forecast Details for Heltonville, IN

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This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Isolated showers before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 2am and 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 8am. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 46. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers, mainly before 8am. High near 51. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Calm wind.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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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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