Forecast Details for Bridgeport, CT

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Current Alerts for Bridgeport, CT: Extreme Cold Watch

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Light north wind.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. Light and variable wind.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly after 1am. Low around 15. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 14 by 5pm. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 1. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 17.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 4.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 25.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

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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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