Forecast Details for Abington, MA

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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