Forecast Details for Wakefield, RI

Recent Locations: Wakefield, RI

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 7 to 13 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. West wind around 6 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. West wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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