Forecast Details for Prairie City, OR

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Tonight: Rain showers before 2am, then rain and snow showers. Snow level 5100 feet lowering to 4200 feet. Low around 33. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday: Rain and snow showers before 2pm, then rain likely. Snow level 3800 feet rising to 4900 feet in the afternoon. High near 44. West wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday Night: Rain likely before 8pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow. Snow level 5000 feet lowering to 4100 feet after midnight . Cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 8am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 3900 feet rising to 5400 feet in the afternoon. High near 50. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm. Snow level 5100 feet lowering to 3600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of rain showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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 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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