Forecast Details for South Windham, CT

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Tonight: Patchy drizzle before 10pm, then isolated showers between 10pm and 5am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 39. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. High near 55. South wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 29. South wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. South wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 5 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest 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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