Forecast Details for Butte Falls, OR

Recent Locations: Butte Falls, OR

Tonight: Rain, mainly before 2am. Snow level 4800 feet. Low around 36. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain and snow, mainly before 3pm. Snow level 5300 feet lowering to 3200 feet in the afternoon . High near 45. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely before 8pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Sunday: Rain likely, mainly after 11am. Snow level 5900 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.

Sunday Night: Rain likely. Snow level 6100 feet lowering to 5300 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday: A chance of rain. Snow level 5100 feet rising to 5900 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Snow level 6200 feet lowering to 5600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Snow level 5400 feet rising to 6200 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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