Forecast Details for Paris, AR

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Calm wind.

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

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Increasing clouds, with a low around 51. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 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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