Forecast Details for Richford, VT

Recent Locations: Richford, VT

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 23. Light and variable wind.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 34. Light and variable wind.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South wind around 8 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 mph.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind around 6 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind around 7 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

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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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