Forecast Details for North Adams, MA

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -1. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 33. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. West wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29.

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

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Sunday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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