Forecast Details for Lockbourne, OH

Recent Locations: Westerville, OH Hilliard, OH Lockbourne, OH

This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 4pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. High near 83. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Low around 50. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

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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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