Forecast Details for Miracle, KY

Recent Locations: Miracle, KY

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy dense fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Calm wind.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 89. Light west wind.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Calm wind.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Calm wind.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 70.

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. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny and hot, with a high near 90.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, sunny and hot, with a high near 94.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95.

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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 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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