Forecast Details for West Greenwich, RI

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Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Light west wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind around 8 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 6 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind around 6 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind around 6 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Labor Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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