Forecast Details for Talkeetna, AK

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Tonight: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday: A chance of rain before 1pm, then a chance of showers, mainly between 1pm and 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. South wind around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday Night: Rain likely before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 54.
Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58.
Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.
Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Saturday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

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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 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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