Forecast Details for Fort Kent Mills, ME

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Current Alerts for Fort Kent Mills, ME: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Sleet. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 28. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Sunday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 1pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. Patchy fog after noon. High near 38. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain before 7pm, then scattered snow showers after 1am. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Scattered snow showers, mainly after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 10. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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