Forecast Details for Hartford, CT

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 43. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers before 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 2pm, then showers after 2pm. High near 65. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers between 10am and 11am, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. South wind around 7 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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