Forecast Details for Burns, WY

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Current Alerts for Burns, WY: Special Weather Statement

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly between 4am and 5am. Areas of fog before 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 36. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow before 3am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 9am. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Friday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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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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