Forecast Details for Waldorf, MD

Recent Locations: Waldorf, MD

Today: Scattered flurries before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. North wind 7 to 9 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 32. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 11. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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

Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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