Forecast Details for Providence, RI

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Overnight: Rain, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog. Low around 38. Northeast wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm, then patchy fog after 5pm. High near 42. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog before 7pm, then patchy fog after 8pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 37. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 7am. High near 60. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers, mainly before 8pm. Low around 38. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 8 to 11 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 5 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 46. North wind around 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

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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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