Forecast Details for Chester, ID

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Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 55. East northeast wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south southwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 53. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. High near 68. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then showers likely. Low around 51. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then showers between noon and 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High near 69. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Labor Day: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 79.

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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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