Forecast Details for Rangeley, ME

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Current Alerts for Rangeley, ME: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A 40 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Snow showers and sleet before 11pm, then freezing rain and sleet between 11pm and 2am, then freezing rain after 2am. Low around 29. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Rain or freezing rain likely, becoming all rain showers after 10am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then rain showers and sleet likely between 11pm and 2am, then rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers. High near 50. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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