Forecast Details for Piedra, CA

Recent Locations: Piedra, CA

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 50. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 51. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 53. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 55. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 56. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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