Forecast Details for Spokane, WA

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Today: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 34. Calm wind.

Friday: Cloudy, with a high near 43. Calm wind.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 10pm. Snow level 5300 feet lowering to 4100 feet after midnight . Cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Snow level 3300 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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