Forecast Details for Westfir, OR

Recent Locations: Sparks, GA Sandy Hook, CT Westfir, OR

Current Alerts for Westfir, OR: Winter Storm Warning

Today: Rain before 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 50. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then rain after 8pm. Snow level 3200 feet lowering to 2200 feet after midnight . Low around 37. West wind around 6 mph becoming south southeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain. Snow level 2300 feet rising to 3400 feet in the afternoon. High near 49. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Widespread frost, mainly after 3am. Snow level 3700 feet lowering to 2900 feet after midnight . Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Widespread frost, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

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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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