Forecast Details for Carmel, IN

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light east northeast wind.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light south southwest wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 5am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Low around 56. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers, mainly before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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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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