Forecast Details for Madison, ME

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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northeast in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. East wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Snow and sleet likely, possibly mixed with rain before 11pm, then freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow. Low around 29. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 10am, then gradually ending. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 52. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers between 10pm and 11pm, then rain and snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 42.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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