Forecast Details for Anacortes, WA

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Current Alerts for Anacortes, WA: Flood Watch

Overnight: Rain. Low around 50. South southeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain. High near 54. South southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain. Low around 49. South southeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain. High near 55. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 51.

Tuesday Night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

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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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