Forecast Details for Albany, NY

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Tonight: Rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 3am, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 3am and 5am, then freezing rain and sleet likely after 5am. Low around 30. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 7am, then a slight chance of rain between 7am and 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Rain, mainly before 1am. Low around 43. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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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