Forecast Details for Truckee, CA

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Today: A slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy freezing fog before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Snow level 8100 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 4am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Snow level 6900 feet lowering to 6100 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: A slight chance of snow showers before 7am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of rain showers after 1pm. Snow level 5900 feet rising to 6600 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 55.

Tuesday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 27.

Wednesday: A chance of rain showers after 10am, mixing with snow after 1pm. Snow level 6400 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 46.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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