Forecast Details for Sandpoint, ID

Recent Locations: Sitka, KY Bennington, KS Sandpoint, ID

This Afternoon: Widespread haze between 2pm and 5pm. Areas of smoke before 2pm, then areas of smoke after 5pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tonight: Widespread haze before midnight. Areas of smoke before 11pm, then areas of smoke after midnight. Clear, with a low around 59. Calm wind.

Thursday: Widespread haze before 11am, then widespread haze after 5pm. Areas of smoke after 11am. Sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 56.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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