Forecast Details for Lake Isabella, CA

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Overnight: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 73. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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