Forecast Details for Harold, KY

Recent Locations: Cohasset, MA Kiln, MS Harold, KY

This Afternoon: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 51. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming southwest in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 62.

Saturday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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