Forecast Details for Lake City, CA

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Current Alerts for Lake City, CA: Wind Advisory

Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 7000 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Rain and snow showers likely before 2pm, then rain showers. Snow level 6500 feet. High near 50. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 8pm. Low around 25. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

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

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers after 11pm. Snow level 7500 feet lowering to 6600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Snow level 6500 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Snow level 6700 feet lowering to 5600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Monday: Showers likely. Snow level 5400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 5900 feet lowering to 5200 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 4900 feet rising to 5900 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

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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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