Forecast Details for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI

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Current Alerts for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain, mainly after 4am. Steady temperature around 22. South southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow, mainly before 10am. High near 34. South southwest wind 8 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 2. Wind chill values as low as -13. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 14. Wind chill values as low as -14. North northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 2. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 20.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26.

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

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 37.

Wednesday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33.

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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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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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