Forecast Details for Russell, MA

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Rain, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 11am. High near 53. Light west wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind around 9 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph 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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