Forecast Details for Mexico, NY

Recent Locations: Clifford, VA Humphreys, MO Mexico, NY

Current Alerts for Mexico, NY: Flood Watch

Overnight: A chance of showers, mainly before 5am. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 9 to 11 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. East wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11am, then a chance of showers between 11am and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: Showers likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers after 2am. Low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 54. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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 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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