Forecast Details for Belmar, NJ

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Today: Isolated showers between 3pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Isolated showers between 11pm and 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before noon, then isolated showers between noon and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Rain likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A chance of rain before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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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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