Forecast Details for Hope, IN

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This Afternoon: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Steady temperature around 66. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind around 7 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Isolated showers after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Showers likely before 8am, then rain likely between 8am and 2pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. South southwest wind 9 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.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. High near 73. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of rain after 2am. Low around 42. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Sunny, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

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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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