Forecast Details for Richford, VT

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Tonight: A chance of showers before 11pm, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers, mainly before 11am. High near 53. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind 7 to 9 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Calm wind. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. North wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Light west wind.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 7 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind around 5 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Light southwest wind.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

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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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