Forecast Details for Schenectady, NY

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Overnight: A chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 38. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of rain between 8am and 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers, mainly after 8pm. Low around 45. Southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 55. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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