Forecast Details for Colchester, VT

Recent Locations: Rush, CO Ellison Bay, WI Colchester, VT

Today: A 30 percent chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 8 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers, snow, and sleet between 10am and noon, then rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. North wind around 6 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers, mainly after 8pm. Low around 46. Southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers. High near 60. South wind 14 to 16 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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