Forecast Details for Huntsville, AL

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Current Alerts for Huntsville, AL: Cold Weather Advisory

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. Wind chill values between 12 and 17. North northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 38. Wind chill values between 11 and 21. North northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 21. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 53.

Thursday: Showers. High near 66. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 70.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

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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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