Forecast Details for Bittinger, MD

Recent Locations: Bittinger, MD

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 71. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 68. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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