Forecast Details for Saint Maries, ID

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This Afternoon: Rain. Patchy fog. Snow level 4300 feet. High near 42. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 4am. Patchy fog. Snow level 2200 feet. Low around 31. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow likely before 10am, then rain likely between 10am and 4pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow after 4pm. Snow level 2200 feet rising to 3700 feet in the afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 1am. Snow level 3800 feet lowering to 3100 feet after midnight . Low around 31. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Snow likely before 1pm, then rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 7pm and 1am, then a slight chance of snow after 1am. Snow level 2700 feet lowering to 2200 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 10am and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain after 1pm. Snow level rising to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 7pm and 4am, then a chance of snow after 4am. Snow level 2900 feet lowering to 2400 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of snow before 10am, then a chance of rain. Snow level rising to 3100 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a slight chance of snow. Snow level 2800 feet lowering to 2200 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

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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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