Forecast Details for Tulelake, CA

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Current Alerts for Tulelake, CA: Wind Advisory Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Rain, mainly after 4am. Snow level 6200 feet. Low around 39. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Rain. Snow level 6000 feet. High near 51. Breezy, with a southwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all snow after 8pm. Low around 28. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 29.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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