Forecast Details for Albany, KY

Recent Locations: Albany, KY

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Sunday Night: Rain showers before 4am, then rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 33. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: Snow showers, mainly before 7am. High near 39. West wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 37.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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