Forecast Details for Liberty Lake, WA

Recent Locations: Gering, NE Liberty Lake, WA

Today: A 40 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Snow level 3400 feet. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Snow level 2900 feet. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Snow level 2600 feet rising to 3300 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Light and variable wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Snow level 3200 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Washington's Birthday: Rain likely. Snow level 3000 feet rising to 3600 feet in the afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Rain and snow likely, mainly after 4am. Snow level 3200 feet lowering to 2500 feet after midnight . Cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow likely, mainly before 10am. Snow level 2300 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Snow likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Thursday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Friday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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