Forecast Details for Branch, LA

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Overnight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 1pm and 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Labor Day: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 88.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 87.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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