Forecast Details for Colton, NY

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Today: Rain, mainly after 5pm. High near 49. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Low around 39. South wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and 2pm. High near 64. Southwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: Showers likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers. Low around 45. South wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of snow showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. West wind around 11 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind around 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest 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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