Forecast Details for Skiatook, OK

Recent Locations: Springfield, OH Raymond, SD Skiatook, OK

Current Alerts for Skiatook, OK: Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. East wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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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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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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