Forecast Details for Lincoln, MO

Recent Locations: Liberty, KY Hooper, NE Lincoln, MO

Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 11am. High near 70. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 10pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 62. Southeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 76. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 55.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 35.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

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

Tuesday: 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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