Forecast Details for Abington, MA

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This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. East wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 58. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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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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