Forecast Details for Grand Rapids, MI

Recent Locations: Sunland, CA Sterling Heights, MI Grand Rapids, MI

Tonight: Snow showers before 4am, then snow showers, possibly mixed with rain. Low around 33. East wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 1pm. High near 62. East southeast wind 13 to 16 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 26. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: Snow showers. High near 32. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Wednesday: A chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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