Forecast Details for Ripley, WV

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Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 64. South wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind around 9 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 69. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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