Forecast Details for Springfield, MA

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Current Alerts for Springfield, MA: Extreme Cold Watch

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. Calm wind.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Calm wind.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 15. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Snow, mainly before 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 23. Wind chill values as low as zero. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 14. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -4. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 22. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -1. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. West wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. North wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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