Forecast Details for Benton, MO

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South southwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 69. South wind around 14 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light north northeast after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Light and variable wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 5 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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