Forecast Details for Randolph, ME

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Overnight: Showers likely, mainly before 5am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 36. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A chance of sleet between 7pm and 1am, then rain. Low around 32. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Friday: Rain likely before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 35.

Sunday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

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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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