Forecast Details for Baxter, TN

Recent Locations: Baxter, TN

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 83. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a slight chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 62. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 75. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 56. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light north northwest in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Memorial Day: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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