Forecast Details for Phillips, ME

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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Sleet likely, possibly mixed with snow before 3am, then freezing rain and sleet. Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 30. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 7am, then rain or freezing rain likely between 7am and 8am, then rain likely after 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41.

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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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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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