Forecast Details for Akron, MI

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain after noon, mixing with snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow between 2am and 5am, then a chance of snow after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West southwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of snow before 2pm, then rain likely between 2pm and 5pm, then rain and snow likely after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Rain and snow likely before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 37.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Breezy.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.

Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

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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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