Forecast Details for York Beach, ME

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Current Alerts for York Beach, ME: Winter Storm Warning Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before 5am. Low around 24. East wind around 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 33. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 29.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow before 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36.

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

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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