Forecast Details for Pawtucket, RI

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 60 by 11am, then falling to around 47 during the remainder of the day. North wind 7 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers. Patchy fog before 1pm. High near 62. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog before 8pm. Low around 37. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 5 to 13 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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