Forecast Details for Ellsworth, ME

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Tonight: A chance of rain before 4am, then a chance of snow between 4am and 5am, then a chance of freezing rain after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after noon. Patchy fog between 9am and 1pm. High near 46. Southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am, then rain likely, possibly mixed with sleet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Sunday: Rain. High near 49. Southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain, mainly before 9pm. Low around 34. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

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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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