Forecast Details for Danforth, ME

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This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind around 7 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Calm wind.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Light northeast wind.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow between 9pm and 1am, then snow and sleet likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Freezing rain and sleet before 11am, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet between 11am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 40. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. North wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow before 11pm, then a chance of snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 11pm and 2am, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet likely after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet before 8am, then rain and sleet between 8am and 11am, then rain after 11am. High near 50. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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