Forecast Details for Old Town, ME

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Current Alerts for Old Town, ME: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Rain. Patchy fog. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of rain before 7am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Snow and sleet likely before 4am, then rain, snow, and sleet likely between 4am and 5am, then snow and sleet after 5am. Low around 31. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow and sleet, possibly mixed with rain before 7am, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet likely between 7am and 8am, then rain likely after 8am. High near 44. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind around 7 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: Rain. High near 54. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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