Forecast Details for Plainville, CT

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Current Alerts for Plainville, CT: Special Weather Statement

Overnight: Areas of drizzle. Patchy fog before 5am. Patchy freezing fog after 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind.

Saturday: Areas of drizzle before 8am. Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a temperature falling to near 43 by 8pm, then rising to around 52 during the remainder of the night. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of rain between 7am and 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 41. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Light south wind.

Wednesday: A chance of rain after 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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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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