Forecast Details for Fair Oaks, CA

Recent Locations: Fair Oaks, CA

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Light and variable wind.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 55. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 53.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 68.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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