Forecast Details for Ponderay, ID

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Today: A 10 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Snow level 4200 feet rising to 6100 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Rain, mainly after 1am. Low around 42. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain. High near 45. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain, mainly before 10pm. Snow level 4500 feet lowering to 3600 feet after midnight . Low around 38. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly between 10am and 4pm. Snow level 3200 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Snow level 3400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Snow level 2700 feet rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Snow level 3800 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday: Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Snow level 4100 feet rising to 5300 feet in the afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Snow level 5300 feet lowering to 4600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: Rain and snow likely. Snow level 3400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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