Forecast Details for Leesville, SC

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This Afternoon: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: Rain likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

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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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