Forecast Details for Centralia, WA

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Current Alerts for Centralia, WA: Hydrologic Outlook

Today: Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 68. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain, mainly before 1am. Low around 57. South wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 52. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Monday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75.

Monday Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Tuesday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Wednesday: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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