Forecast Details for New York City, NY

Recent Locations: New York City, NY  
Current Alerts for New York City, NY: Winter Weather Advisory
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 16. Wind chill values between 5 and 10. North wind around 8 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 31. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a steady temperature around 31. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. South wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Southwest wind around 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 7 to 9 mph.
Christmas Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.

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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 Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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