Forecast Details for Towaco, NJ

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Current Alerts for Towaco, NJ: Air Quality Alert

Today: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A chance of rain before 5am, then a chance of rain and sleet. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Friday: Rain and snow likely before 7am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet between 7am and 10am, then rain after 10am. High near 40. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 36.

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

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

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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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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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