Forecast Details for Dexter, KY

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Light south southeast wind.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Light south southeast wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 78. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 7 mph.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 8 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming north in the morning.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 8 mph.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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