Forecast Details for Maple Rapids, MI

Recent Locations: Maple Rapids, MI

This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. East southeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1am and 4am. Low around 47. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 40. Light north northeast wind becoming east 8 to 13 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64. East wind 10 to 17 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Monday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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