Forecast Details for Colchester, VT

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of showers before midnight, then a chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain likely, mainly between 7am and 2pm, then showers after 2pm. High near 41. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Showers before 2am, then rain after 2am. Low around 34. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain, mainly before 8am. High near 40. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind around 7 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 11pm. Low around 35. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Rain. High near 55. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. North wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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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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