Forecast Details for Exeter, RI

Recent Locations: Kellogg, ID Clarendon, AR Exeter, RI

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 66. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 5 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 6 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 7 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming north after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

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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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