Forecast Details for Big Bay, MI

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of drizzle or freezing rain before 10am, then a slight chance of drizzle between 10am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of drizzle, snow showers, and freezing rain before 9pm, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 9pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

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

Friday: Showers likely after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 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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