Forecast Details for Newark, DE

Recent Locations: Alhambra, IL Marietta, GA Newark, DE

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 33. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly between 1am and 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of snow before 9am, then a slight chance of rain between 9am and 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow before 10am, then a chance of snow between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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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