Forecast Details for Elwood, NJ

Recent Locations: Elwood, NJ

Today: Periods of rain. High near 59. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then showers likely, mainly between 3am and 5am. Low around 52. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: Periods of rain before 11am, then showers likely between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 62. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Memorial Day: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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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