Forecast Details for Lake Hughes, CA

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Current Alerts for Lake Hughes, CA: High Surf Advisory Wind Advisory

This Afternoon: Rain. High near 43. Windy, with a south southwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain before 4am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers. Low around 32. Wind chill values as low as 20. Very windy, with a west southwest wind 30 to 40 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Wind chill values as low as 20. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Wind chill values as low as 20. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of snow before 10am, then rain. High near 40. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 25 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

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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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