Forecast Details for Pawtucket, RI

Recent Locations: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI Pawtucket, RI

Today: Sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 57. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 70. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 8 to 14 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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