Forecast Details for Reno, NV

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Tonight: A chance of rain and snow, mainly after 1am. Snow level 4900 feet. Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow before 7am, then rain likely after 10am. Snow level 5100 feet rising to 6700 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: Rain. Snow level 6500 feet lowering to 6000 feet after midnight . Low around 32. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Wednesday: Rain likely. Snow level 5900 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Snow level 5700 feet lowering to 5200 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain. Snow level rising to 5500 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Friday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 28.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain after 10am. Snow level 5200 feet rising to 5700 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Snow level 5400 feet lowering to 4600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sunday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Washington's Birthday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

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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 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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