Forecast Details for Indianapolis, IN

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Current Alerts for Indianapolis, IN: Special Weather Statement

Today: Snow and freezing rain likely before noon, then scattered flurries after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered flurries with isolated snow showers before 10pm, then scattered flurries between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. North wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 22. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Light southeast wind.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Light south wind.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. South wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southwest wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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