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Recent Locations: Avon, CT

Current Alerts for Avon, CT: Flood Watch Heat Advisory

1. Air Quality Alert for: Southern Fairfield; Southern New Haven; Southern Middlesex; Southern New London

2. Air Quality Alert for: Southern Fairfield; Southern New Haven; Southern Middlesex; Southern New London

3. Flood Watch for: Hartford; Tolland; Windham

4. Flood Watch for: Northern Fairfield; Southern Fairfield; Western Passaic; Eastern Passaic; Hudson; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Union; Eastern Union; Orange; Putnam; Rockland; Northern Westchester; Southern Westchester; New York (Manhattan); Bronx; Richmond (Staten Is.); Kings (Brooklyn); Northern Queens; Northern Nassau; Southern Queens; Southern Nassau

5. Flood Watch for: Northern Litchfield; Southern Litchfield

6. Flood Watch for: Northern New Haven; Northern Middlesex; Northern New London; Southern New Haven; Southern Middlesex; Southern New London; Northwest Suffolk; Northeast Suffolk; Southwest Suffolk; Southeast Suffolk

7. Heat Advisory for: Hartford; Tolland; Windham; Eastern Franklin; Northern Worcester; Central Middlesex County; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Eastern Hampshire; Eastern Hampden; Southern Worcester; Western Norfolk; Southeast Middlesex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Northern Bristol; Western Plymouth; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Northwest Middlesex County; Northwest Providence; Southeast Providence; Western Kent; Eastern Kent; Bristol; Washington; Newport

8. Heat Advisory for: Northern Fairfield; Northern New Haven; Northern Middlesex; Southern Fairfield; Western Passaic; Orange; Putnam; Rockland; Northern Westchester; Southern Westchester

9. Heat Advisory for: Northern Litchfield; Southern Litchfield; Montgomery; Northern Saratoga; Eastern Schenectady; Southern Saratoga; Eastern Albany; Western Rensselaer; Eastern Greene; Western Columbia; Eastern Columbia; Eastern Ulster; Western Dutchess; Eastern Dutchess; Southeast Warren; Southern Washington

10. Heat Advisory for: Northern New London; Southern New Haven; Southern Middlesex; Northwest Suffolk; Northeast Suffolk; Southwest Suffolk; Northern Nassau; Southern Nassau

11. Heat Advisory for: Southern New London; Southeast Suffolk

12. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: New Haven, CT

13. Special Weather Statement for: Northern New Haven

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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Fractus Clouds Next Topic: Freezing Rain

A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

Next Topic: Freezing Rain

Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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