Forecast Details for Jackson, WY

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Tonight: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. East northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Isolated showers between 9am and noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Widespread haze between 10am and 1pm. Areas of smoke before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then isolated showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east southeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Monday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

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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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