Forecast Details for Plainville, CT

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Current Alerts for Plainville, CT: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain, mainly before 5am. Low around 31. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of rain or freezing rain before 8am, then a slight chance of rain between 8am and 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 40. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of freezing rain after 3am. Patchy fog before midnight, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Cloudy, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly between 9pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: A chance of rain before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Light south wind.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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