Forecast Details for Fairhaven, MA

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Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 11pm. Patchy fog between 9pm and 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. East wind around 9 mph.

Saturday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 11 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Southwest wind 11 to 13 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Southwest wind around 14 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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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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