Forecast Details for Hinsdale, MA

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Today: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 45. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow before 8am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 8am and 9am, then a chance of rain after 9am. Increasing clouds, with a high near 44. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Rain before 1am, then rain or freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then freezing rain after 4am. Low around 30. East wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Freezing rain before 10am, then a chance of rain between 10am and 4pm. High near 38. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of showers after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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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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