Forecast Details for Van Buren, AR

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Overnight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 73. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 60. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 74. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Calm wind.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 77. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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