Forecast Details for Curtis, MI

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Current Alerts for Curtis, MI: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Snow and sleet before 2pm, then freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow between 2pm and 3pm, then freezing rain and sleet after 3pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 34. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after 7pm. Some thunder is also possible. Temperature rising to around 39 by 2am. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Rain showers likely before 5am, then freezing rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Freezing rain likely before 8am, then rain showers. High near 41. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Rain showers likely before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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