Forecast Details for Providence, RI

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Tonight: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow after 4am. Low around 26. Windy, with a northeast wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches possible.

Monday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow before 3pm. High near 30. Windy, with a northeast wind 26 to 31 mph decreasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible.

Monday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow, mainly after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Snow likely before 10am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow between 10am and noon, then rain likely after noon. High near 39. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain between 8am and noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Light west wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

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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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