Forecast Details for Likely, CA

Recent Locations: Ranburne, AL Allen, MD Likely, CA

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Light and variable wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Snow level 6600 feet. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Light and variable wind becoming west 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Snow level 6700 feet lowering to 5800 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Rain showers likely before 8am, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 8am and 11am, then rain showers likely after 11am. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 5200 feet rising to 6000 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Snow level 6000 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Snow level 5600 feet rising to 6300 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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