Forecast Details for Fairlee, VT

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Tonight: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 46. Light and variable wind.

Saturday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 45. Southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers, mainly before 5pm. High near 47. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Light west wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light south wind.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Light northwest wind.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Light northwest wind.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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