Forecast Details for Kempton, IN

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Current Alerts for Kempton, IN: Wind Advisory

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2am and 3am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Low around 61. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Scattered showers before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Southwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 69. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. West northwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. West wind 6 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northwest wind around 11 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. North wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy.

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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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