Forecast Details for Clinton, MD

Recent Locations: Holton, MI Carpio, ND Clinton, MD

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Low around 60. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 8am. High near 72. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers, mainly before 8pm. Low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

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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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