Forecast Details for Climax, MI

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Current Alerts for Climax, MI: Flood Warning Flood Watch

Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 70. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 48. South southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers likely. High near 62. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

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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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