Forecast Details for Empire, MI

Recent Locations: Blackwood, NJ Culver, IN Empire, MI

Current Alerts for Empire, MI: Flood Watch

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then isolated showers between 2am and 5am. Widespread fog, mainly after 1am. Low around 44. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Isolated showers after 11am. Widespread fog, mainly before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 48. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then scattered showers between 11am and 2pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Isolated thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Friday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Showers, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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