Forecast Details for Dixmont, ME

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Current Alerts for Dixmont, ME: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Rain. Patchy fog between noon and 5pm. High near 46. Southeast wind 7 to 13 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Patchy fog before 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 35. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 3 to 7 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of snow, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 44.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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