Forecast Details for Ellsworth, MI

Recent Locations: Bonesteel, SD Stratham, NH Ellsworth, MI

Current Alerts for Ellsworth, MI: Flash Flood Watch Flood Warning

Tonight: A slight chance of rain, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Low around 36. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain showers between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers after 5pm. Temperature falling to around 38 by 10am. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

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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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