Forecast Details for South Hamilton, MA

Recent Locations: South Hamilton, MA

Today: Sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 29. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 34. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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