Forecast Details for Florence, MA

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Current Alerts for Florence, MA: Blizzard Warning Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Snow. Low around 25. Blustery, with a northeast wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Monday: Snow, mainly before 3pm. Areas of blowing snow before 8am. High near 30. Windy, with a north wind 17 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Monday Night: A chance of snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: Snow likely before 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of snow between 7pm and 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of snow between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Snow likely before 8pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain between 8pm and 10pm, then snow likely after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: A chance of snow before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

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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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