Forecast Details for Ernest, PA

Recent Locations: Poughkeepsie, NY Beltrami, MN Ernest, PA

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Calm wind.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Calm wind.

Friday: Scattered showers before 11am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. 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 and thunderstorms likely before 3am, then showers between 3am and 5am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Low around 57. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: Showers. High near 68. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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