Forecast Details for West Newton, IN

Recent Locations: Follett, TX Grafton, IA West Newton, IN

This Afternoon: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. High near 74. Southwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain between 8pm and 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. West northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 57. West northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West northwest wind 9 to 11 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 48. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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