Forecast Details for Georgetown, MA

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 60. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 37. West wind around 8 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10am and 11am, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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