Forecast Details for Towaco, NJ

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Current Alerts for Towaco, NJ: Extreme Cold Watch

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 13. Calm wind.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Calm wind.

Friday Night: Light snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 19. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -9. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 3. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 19.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 26.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.

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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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