Forecast Details for West Medford, MA

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Overnight: A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Southwest wind around 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Patchy fog between 10am and 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 41. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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