Forecast Details for Athol, MA

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Today: Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: A chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Rain, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 52. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 31. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light northwest wind.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Light northwest wind.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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