Forecast Details for Laramie, WY

Recent Locations: Chandler, IN Tampa, KS Laramie, WY

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

Monday Night: Rain showers likely before 11pm, then rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Rain and snow showers likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Friday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.

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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 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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