Forecast Details for Slingerlands, NY

Recent Locations: Sebasco Estates, ME Manor, PA Slingerlands, NY

Today: A chance of snow showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of snow showers after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Snow likely, mainly between 7am and 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Monday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 32. North wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38.

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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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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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