Forecast Details for Leeds, MA

Recent Locations: Leeds, MA

Today: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 51. Light northwest wind.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of rain, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. North wind around 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of rain before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Rain likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. West wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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