Forecast Details for Cobalt, ID

Recent Locations: Theodore, AL Williston, FL Cobalt, ID

This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Snow level 6700 feet rising to 7400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 4am. Snow level 7400 feet lowering to 5900 feet after midnight . Low around 29. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow. High near 37. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 29.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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