Forecast Details for Empire, CA

Recent Locations: Lincoln, MT Ocean Springs, MS Empire, CA

Current Alerts for Empire, CA: Flood Advisory

Washington's Birthday: Rain. High near 52. Southeast wind around 14 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Partly cloudy, then becoming cloudy toward daybreak, with a low around 42. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain, mainly before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 50. South southeast wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain likely, mainly between 10pm and 4am. Low around 38. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: A slight chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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