Forecast Details for New Orleans, LA

Recent Locations: New Orleans, LA  
This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind around 15 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph.
Monday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind around 15 mph.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

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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 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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