Forecast Details for Pocasset, MA

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Today: Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. South wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain. Low around 36. Light and variable wind becoming north 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: Rain and sleet likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 2pm, then scattered snow showers after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 37. North wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: Scattered snow showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. North wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Rain likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind around 9 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 38. North wind around 7 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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