Forecast Details for Frankton, IN

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Overnight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 67. South southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. High near 70. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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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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