Forecast Details for Ariel, WA

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Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Calm wind.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Widespread haze between 9am and 11am. Areas of smoke before 9am, then areas of smoke after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Calm wind.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Widespread haze before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Widespread haze after 4pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 73. Calm wind.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 55. Calm wind.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71.

Monday Night: Showers. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Friday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

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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 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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