Forecast Details for Prospect, OR

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Tonight: Patchy dense fog between 4am and 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 34. Light northeast wind.

Tuesday: Patchy dense fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Rain after 10pm. Snow level 6300 feet lowering to 5600 feet after midnight . Low around 36. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain before 10am, then showers after 10am. Snow level 4500 feet. High near 46. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers. Snow level 3800 feet. Low around 32. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Snow level 3200 feet rising to 3900 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Snow level 3700 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Friday: A chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Snow level 3800 feet rising to 5300 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow. Snow level 5200 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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