Forecast Details for Belmont, VT

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph becoming southwest in the morning.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday Night: Patchy frost after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Light north wind.

Thursday: Patchy frost before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind 3 to 6 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain before 8am, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. West wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind around 7 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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