Forecast Details for Springfield, OR

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Current Alerts for Springfield, OR: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Rain, mainly before 4am. Low around 44. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain, mainly before 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 52. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then rain after 8pm. Snow level 3300 feet lowering to 2300 feet. Low around 39. South southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain. High near 55. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Patchy frost after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 37.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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