Forecast Details for Willimantic, CT

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This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers likely. Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 39. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 44. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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