Forecast Details for Pawtucket, RI

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 60 by 11am, then falling to around 47 during the remainder of the day. North wind 6 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: 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%.

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: Mostly clear, 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 Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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