Forecast Details for Etna, CA

Recent Locations: Lee Center, NY Seaboard, NC Etna, CA

Current Alerts for Etna, CA: Wind Advisory Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Rain. Snow level 5500 feet. Low around 39. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain, mainly before 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Snow level 5500 feet lowering to 5000 feet in the afternoon . High near 49. South wind 7 to 12 mph becoming south southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 10pm. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 29. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow likely before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Snow level rising to 4000 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 49. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 34.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 70.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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