Forecast Details for Walcott, WY

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Current Alerts for Walcott, WY: High Wind Watch

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 45. South southwest wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 48. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Increasing clouds, with a high near 52. Windy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 40 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Snow showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 22. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

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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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