Forecast Details for Stafford Springs, CT

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Current Alerts for Stafford Springs, CT: Winter Storm Watch

Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 23. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: A chance of snow, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: Snow, mainly after 8pm. Low around 25. Windy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Monday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 32. Windy, with a north wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

Monday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 10. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow before 3am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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