Forecast Details for Springfield, ME

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Current Alerts for Springfield, ME: Special Weather Statement Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Areas of fog before 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow and freezing rain before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow. Low around 29. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 9am. High near 45. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 5 to 7 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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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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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