Forecast Details for Peapack, NJ

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Current Alerts for Peapack, NJ: Winter Storm Watch

Tonight: A chance of drizzle before midnight. Areas of fog before midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, then a chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday: Snow. High near 37. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 28. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Monday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Wednesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

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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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