Forecast Details for Draper, UT

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Current Alerts for Draper, UT: Freeze Watch

This Afternoon: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. High near 60. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9pm. Low around 41. Southeast wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Rain showers before noon, then snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Steady temperature around 47. Southeast wind 16 to 18 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before midnight. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Patchy frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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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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