Forecast Details for Hartford, CT

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Today: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Independence Day: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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