Forecast Details for Mead, WA

Recent Locations: Mead, WA  
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11am and 2pm. Widespread frost before 8am. Snow level rising to 3400 feet in the afternoon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Snow level 3400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind 5 to 8 mph.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Snow level 3000 feet rising to 4600 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning.
Wednesday Night: Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11am. Areas of frost before 7am. Snow level 4100 feet rising to 5200 feet in the afternoon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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