Forecast Details for Lincoln, RI

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Washington's Birthday: A slight chance of snow before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Light and variable wind.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Light southwest wind.

Wednesday: A chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow before 1am, then a chance of rain between 1am and 2am, then a chance of rain and snow after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind around 6 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. 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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