Forecast Details for Ludlow, MA

Recent Locations: Ludlow, MA

Today: A chance of showers after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 59. Light east wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 50. East wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers. Patchy fog after 9pm. Low around 42. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Memorial Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. East wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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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