Forecast Details for Belen, MS

Recent Locations: Plainfield, OH Belen, MS

Today: A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. North northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 59. North northeast wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 81.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 87.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.

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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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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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