Forecast Details for North Reading, MA

Recent Locations: North Reading, MA

Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 54. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 62. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Light west wind.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Light north wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind around 6 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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