Forecast Details for Tiverton, RI

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Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11pm and 5am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Light southwest wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 57. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind around 14 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 11 to 13 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 10 to 13 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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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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