Forecast Details for Springfield, MA

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Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain before 11am, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain, mainly after 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 46. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain, mainly before 8am. High near 51. North wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind 6 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind around 6 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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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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