Forecast Details for Jackson Center, PA

Recent Locations: Jackson Center, PA

This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 54. Southeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: Showers. Low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 79. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 75. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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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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