Forecast Details for Straughn, IN

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Overnight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 60. West southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. West southwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers between 8pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South wind around 6 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. North northeast wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East northeast wind around 7 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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