Forecast Details for Stamford, CT

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Current Alerts for Stamford, CT: Extreme Cold Watch

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. Light and variable wind.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly after 1am. Low around 15. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 15 by 5pm. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Windy, with a northwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 2. Windy, with a northwest wind 16 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 19.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 26.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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