Forecast Details for Coalfield, TN

Recent Locations: Coalfield, TN

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind.

Friday: Rain and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 79. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 8pm and 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 76. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Low around 62. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 80. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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