Sleet?!
*If you saw small ice pellets hitting your car, your eyes were not tricking you. A few showers were touched off by a shortwave this afternoon. Sleet fell within some of these showers. Seems odd to have sleet falling when the temperature is well above freezing (upper 40s), but it is certainly possible.*Today we had extremelly dry air in the lower and mid levels of the atmosphere. As precipitation fell, much if it evaporated. As water evaporates, it uses heat energy in doing so, thus cooling the surrounding air around it (known as evaporative cooling). The air was cool enough to freeze remaining water droplets into ice pellets, which fell to the ground as sleet.
*Sunday looks to be a warmer day in the 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. A strong upper level low works in Sunday night, bringing a high chance of rain. Models are hinting at nearly an inch of rain falling between Sunday night and Monday night. Thankfully this will fall as a slow, steady rain which will soak into the ground! If this were January, this would be a good set up for a few snow flakes, but the atmosphere doesn't look quite cold enough yet!
*Early indications are that your Thanksgiving holiday will be partly cloudy with temperatures in the low 60s and a slight chance of an afternoon shower!
posted by Renny Vandewege @ 8:44 PM
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