Forecast Details for Brockton, MA

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 57. Southwest wind around 8 mph.

Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a temperature rising to near 56 by 10am, then falling to around 44 during the remainder of the day. North wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: Showers. Patchy fog before 1pm. High near 61. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog before 8pm. Low around 37. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers between 7pm and 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. North wind around 6 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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