Forecast Details for Burns, OR

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This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 41.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Friday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 6800 feet lowering to 5000 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 4700 feet rising to 6800 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

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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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