Forecast Details for Detroit, MI

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Current Alerts for Detroit, MI: Wind Advisory

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. East wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow before 7am, then a slight chance of rain between 7am and 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday 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 36. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: Rain before 11am, then a chance of snow between 11am and 2pm. High near 48. Breezy, with a southwest wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Breezy, with a west wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

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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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