Forecast Details for Independence, OR

Recent Locations: Saint Libory, NE Roebuck, SC Independence, OR

Overnight: A chance of rain and snow showers, mainly after 5am. Snow level 600 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain and snow showers, becoming all rain after 2pm. Snow level 500 feet rising to 1500 feet in the afternoon. High near 43. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow showers, mainly before 1am. Snow level 600 feet. Low around 33. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Snow level 300 feet rising to 900 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 1100 feet lowering to 400 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Snow level 200 feet rising to 1500 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 1500 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 10am. Snow level 1500 feet rising to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Sunday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Sunday Night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 51.

Monday Night: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

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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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