Forecast Details for Coventry, RI

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 41. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of light rain. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 59. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain or light rain before 8pm, then a chance of rain after 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 6 to 14 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow between 10pm and 11pm, then a chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday: Cloudy, with a high near 48. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: Rain. High near 54. Southwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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