Forecast Details for West Lafayette, OH

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Calm wind.

Wednesday: A chance of sprinkles after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely with a chance of sprinkles before 8pm, then a chance of sprinkles between 8pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of sprinkles after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

Friday Night: A chance of sprinkles before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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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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