Forecast Details for Tahoe City, CA

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Today: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of snow showers. Snow level 6700 feet lowering to 6200 feet in the afternoon . Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 23. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Northeast wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 41. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 58.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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