Forecast Details for Coventry, RI

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Overnight: Rain, mainly before 5am. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain likely before 8am, then showers likely with a chance of drizzle between 8am and 3pm, then a chance of drizzle with a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Areas of fog after 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 34. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of drizzle with a slight chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of drizzle after 8pm. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A chance of drizzle before 8am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog before 8pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind around 6 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 14 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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