Forecast Details for Methuen, MA

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Current Alerts for Methuen, MA: Coastal Flood Statement

Tonight: Patchy drizzle between 2am and 5am, then patchy drizzle with a slight chance of showers after 5am. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 43. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 3pm. High near 54. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 5 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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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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