Weather Alerts for California

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1. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Northern Coastal Humboldt

2. Lake Wind Advisory for: Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties; Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Mono; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

3. Wind Advisory for: Central Siskiyou County

4. Winter Storm Watch for: Greater Lake Tahoe Area; Greater Lake Tahoe Area

5. Winter Storm Watch for: Lassen Volcanic National Park; Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado-Amador-Northern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras-Tuolumne-Southern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft

6. Winter Storm Watch for: Mono

7. Winter Storm Watch for: Yosemite NP outside of the valley; Upper San Joaquin River; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Sequoia NP

8. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northeastern Trinity

9. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Siskiyou County; Central Siskiyou County; South Central Siskiyou County

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

Next Topic: Hail

Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

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