Forecast Details for Stockton, CA

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Current Alerts for Stockton, CA: Dense Fog Advisory Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 49. Light southeast wind.

Tuesday: A chance of rain between 10am and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 58. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain, mainly after 7pm. Low around 51. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain likely before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 57.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 45.

Sunday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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