Forecast Details for Plainville, CT

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Today: Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Areas of fog after 8pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 25. Calm wind.

Thursday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 7am, then rain likely. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 40. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain. Low around 34. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A chance of rain after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Southwest wind around 7 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Light southwest wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Light southwest wind.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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