Forecast Details for Tolland, CT

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This Afternoon: Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 49. South wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly between 8pm and 3am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 52 by 5am. Southwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. 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 34. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 59. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a south wind around 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 9 to 14 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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