Forecast Details for Spokane, WA

Recent Locations: Spokane, WA  
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Snow level 3300 feet rising to 4100 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 8 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Thursday: Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Snow level 5200 feet lowering to 3900 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Snow level 3300 feet rising to 4200 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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