Forecast Details for East Hartford, CT

Recent Locations: East Hartford, CT

This Afternoon: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. East wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly between 7pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 7 to 14 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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