Forecast Details for Crayne, KY

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Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light south wind becoming south southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Southwest wind around 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 42. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. South southwest wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 6 to 9 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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