Forecast Details for East Lansing, MI

Recent Locations: East Lansing, MI

Current Alerts for East Lansing, MI: Freeze Warning

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a steady temperature around 53. East northeast wind around 7 mph.

Tonight: Widespread frost, mainly after 4am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 32. East southeast wind around 7 mph.

Friday: Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high near 65. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph.

Friday Night: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 54. Southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 75. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Breezy.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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