Forecast Details for Akron, MI

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Tonight: A chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 34 by 5am. East northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 5pm. High near 61. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature rising to around 60 by 4am. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Rain likely after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 39. East northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. High near 64. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of rain between 8pm and 2am. Low around 36. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Windy.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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