Forecast Details for Metairie, LA

Recent Locations: Metairie, LA  
Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 69. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light southeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation Next Topic: Rain

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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