Forecast Details for Dafter, MI

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Current Alerts for Dafter, MI: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 4pm, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow between 4pm and 5pm, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet after 5pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 34. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after 7pm. Some thunder is also possible. Temperature rising to around 40 by 5am. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Freezing rain likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 2pm. High near 40. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday Night: Rain showers likely before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of snow showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

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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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