Forecast Details for Ridgway, PA

Recent Locations: Huntington, IN San Francisco International Airport, CA Ridgway, PA

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Light south wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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