Forecast Details for Sierra City, CA

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Current Alerts for Sierra City, CA: Wind Advisory
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Light west southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers, mainly before 4am. Low around 40. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog between 9am and 10am. High near 50. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Areas of frost between 2am and 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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