Forecast Details for Sharon, CT

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Calm wind.

Tonight: A chance of snow showers, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Washington's Birthday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Calm wind.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Rain, mainly after 1pm. High near 40. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow, mainly before 1am. Low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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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