Forecast Details for Fairfax, VT

Recent Locations: Fairfax, VT

Today: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 59. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers or drizzle likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 53. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. High near 69. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers. Low around 53. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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