Forecast Details for Dollar Bay, MI

Recent Locations: Dollar Bay, MI

Overnight: Clear, with a low around 36. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Showers before 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Low around 43. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 8am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. High near 65. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind around 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 2pm. High near 45. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers. Low around 37. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

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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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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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