Forecast Details for West Newton, MA

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 9pm. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Light and variable wind.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

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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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