Forecast Details for Quechee, VT

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Today: A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: A chance of rain showers and sleet before 10am, then rain showers likely between 10am and 5pm, then rain showers and sleet likely after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain, freezing rain, and sleet before 11pm, then a chance of freezing rain between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of rain showers after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Southeast wind around 7 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Southeast wind around 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind around 9 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

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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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