Forecast Details for Lake Orion, MI

Recent Locations: Lake Orion, MI  
This Afternoon: A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tonight: A chance of snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A chance of snow showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. West northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday: A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. West wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 24.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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