Forecast Details for Heltonville, IN

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Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind around 7 mph.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Monday: A chance of snow before 10am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 36. East southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain likely, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 59. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Low around 48. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Friday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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