Forecast Details for East Greenwich, RI

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Tonight: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 49. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Light and variable wind.

Sunday: Rain and snow likely before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain between 4pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 40. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 12. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. North wind 5 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. Light and variable wind.

Tuesday: A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of rain and snow between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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