Forecast Details for Sunshine, LA

Recent Locations: Sunshine, LA

Today: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 88. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Calm wind.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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