Forecast Details for Highland, MI

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This Afternoon: A chance of rain before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 40. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Rain, mainly before noon. High near 65. East wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 56. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of rain before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West southwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. High near 69. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of rain between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

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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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