Forecast Details for East Orleans, MA

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Current Alerts for East Orleans, MA: Blizzard Warning Coastal Flood Warning

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. East wind 7 to 14 mph.

Sunday Night: Snow, mainly after 11pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of fog after 3am. Areas of freezing fog between 2am and 3am. Low around 29. Windy, with an east wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Monday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of fog before 8am. High near 36. Windy, with a northeast wind 28 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

Monday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow before noon, then a chance of rain and snow between noon and 3pm, then rain likely after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 8pm, then a chance of rain between 8pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of rain after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Rain and snow likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northeast wind around 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 39. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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