Forecast Details for Newport, ME

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Current Alerts for Newport, ME: Air Quality Alert

Overnight: Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Light southwest wind.

Wednesday: Widespread haze. Sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 66. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 85. Heat index values as high as 89. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind around 11 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Sunday: A chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

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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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