Forecast Details for Providence, RI

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 10. Light north wind.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 18. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Snow. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 28. Light north wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 17. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 1. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 23. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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