Forecast Details for Riverside, RI

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Current Alerts for Riverside, RI: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 26. North wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. North wind 8 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Light south wind increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind around 8 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 10 to 16 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southwest wind 11 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

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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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