Forecast Details for Patten, ME

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Current Alerts for Patten, ME: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Snow, mainly after midnight. Low around 26. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow and sleet before 10am, then freezing rain and sleet between 10am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 43. South wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow and sleet before 2am, then freezing rain and sleet. Low around 27. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: Freezing rain and sleet before 9am, then sleet between 9am and 10am, then rain after 10am. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 44. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 36.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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